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PI Brief Update

PI Practitioner, July 2018

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Molodi v Cambridge [2018] EWHC 1288 (QB) and Richards & Anor v Morris [2018] EWHC 1289 (QB) - Case Comment

Regular readers of the Personal Injury Brief Update blog will note that Molodi was summarised in the June edition. However, these two cases (both handed down by Mr Justice Martin Spencer on the same date in May) deserve a little more detailed consideration. In both, the Defendant appealed from decisions of the County Court in respect of minor personal injury claims which had been successful at first instance. Litigators in this area will be aware of the common class of claims termed 'low velocity' or 'low speed' impact cases. These cases occupy a large amount of County Court time, but very rarely make it to higher courts, and there are therefore few reported decisions on common issues that practitioners face on a daily basis.

The facts of each can be stated shortly. In both, the Claimants brought claims for...

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