Content by Jason Cox

Ropewalk Chambers will be holding our third conference in Lincoln on Thursday 19 September 2024 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Lincoln. Our team of expert barristers will be holding talks on various topics related to Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Inquests and Costs. The event is aimed at solicitors, legal executives, claims handlers, case funders. Registration will…

The last 12 months have seen political and economic changes which would have been hard to imagine even a few years ago. Everyone will have their own views of how we have got into this position but this short blog focuses on how this turmoil might affect presentation and resolution of personal injury claims. Interest…

In serious personal injury cases, the claim for future commercial care and case management is typically the most valuable and hotly-contested head of loss. In this blog I offer practical guidance to those involved in such claims as to how to deal with what has been recognised as a “perfect storm” of difficulties in recruiting…

This webinar focused on two recent developments of importance in many serious injury cases. Agenda Ogden 8 Accommodation To view the recording of this webinar, please click here.

A judgment resolving various cross-applications a few weeks before trial in a serious PI case is perhaps not the most obvious subject for a blog. However, there is so much packed into the 15-paragraph judgment of Fordham J in Pass v Ministry of Defence [2021] EWHC 243 (QB) and the result is an unfamiliar one.…

Clinical negligence cases can be complex enough without the added difficulty of delay in bringing proceedings resulting in a limitation defence. When it is raised by Defendants it is currently common for cases to be managed so that limitation will be tried as a preliminary issue, perhaps because of the possibility of a major costs…

Jason Cox and Gareth McAloon‘s latest article is an introduction to the use of latest Ogden Tables, explaining the effects and changes of new life expectancy data, calculation of loss of earnings, and an overview on how to navigate the new Tables. This article is split into three parts. The first part will discuss the new Tables…