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Report 22 mai 2020
This report looks at who currently bears the cost of funding personal care for those with catastrophic injuries, and the need to better manage these costs in future.
News 21 mai 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has revealed the inflexibility and lack of innovation in personal care systems around the world. Relieving these pressures will require an innovative new approach.
Article 6 abr 2020
The psychological impact of COVID-19 health risks or the national quarantine could trigger further psychological harm in personal injury claimants already dealing with the physical or mental consequences of an accident, and expose compensators to additional claims inflation.
Article 24 mar 2020
The developing coronavirus pandemic will disrupt the usual processes of serious injury claims handling to an extent not encountered for several generations. Whilst this will inevitably lead to complications, we believe that there are potential solutions.
Article 20 mar 2020
Life expectancy is a key factor in high value cases given its impact on multipliers. It is therefore unsurprising that over the last few years, clashes between parties on the issue of life expectancy experts has intensified.
Article 12 fev 2020
In May 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) adopted the latest International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This included new psychiatric diagnoses which may increase the damages payable following bodily injury.
Article 12 fev 2020
In recent years, developments in the law have given rise to escalating damage awards. Healthcare costs have also increased exponentially over the last decade, with larger future cost of care awards increasing the total amount of the claim.
Article 12 fev 2020
Kennedys' medical malpractice specialists from Australia, Hong Kong, Spain, France and Ireland discuss the keys issues and developments currently impacting on the claims they are handling, and those that they envisage for 2020 in their jurisdictions.
Article 17 set 2019
Osseointegration or direct skeletal fixation (DSF) is an alternative method of attaching a prosthesis to an amputee’s body and involves a titanium rod being inserted directly into the bone. The process therefore eliminates the need for a traditional socket. Here, we get the views of an orthopaedic surgeon who has trained to carry out osseointegration and a prosthetics expert who clinically treats amputees who have undergone the surgery.
Article 4 jun 2019
Technological and medical advancements are progressing to produce improved methods to prevent and detect sports-related concussions (SRC), which in turn present additional obligations in risk management.
