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This edition features a round-up of the latest industry news and views, a winner's review of the 2022 National Insurance Awards and Editor Deborah Ritchie speaks to Geoff Trickey about risk types.

This edition reports on an inquest case which involved issues of diagnoses and causation of death in the context of alleged asbestosis with concurrent COVID-19 lung fibrosis, and a discussion on the bold judicial review of the Compensation Recovery Unit scheme in the context of long tail claims.

This edition reports on a claim for damages arising out of a work place accident, bad character evidence in regulatory prosecutions, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on Highways matters and the Small Claims Track, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on foreseeability issues when dealing with accidents in school playgrounds, together with various case updates including a retrospective application for an extension when a claim form was misplaced by the Court.

This edition reports on a case where a Claimant suffered an injury in the workplace, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on a matter where proceedings were issued against the wrong defendant through mistaken identity, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on the successful defence against a claim for personal injury where the Claimant's reliance and/or lack of reliance upon his Sat Nav clearly contributed to the alleged accident. 

This edition reports on a successful defence to a claim involving a cyclist, focuses on the new guideline hourly rates, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on the assistance of historical land documents when dealing with defects bordering different owners' land, and further developments in the case law around social services failure to remove claims.

This edition reports on the importance of good quality contemporaneous evidence and the effective presentation of the same to the Court, amendments to QOCS, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on the successful defence against a claim for personal injury in an employers' liability case in the context of agency workers and the use of unauthorised equipment.

This edition reports on the impact that apparatus, which is owned by a third-party utility company, has on a defence under Section 58 of the Highways Act 1980, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on the call for evidence launched by the Ministry of Justice in relation to the second review of the Personal Injury Discount Rate, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on a retail park carpark incident which involved arguments as to public rights of way, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on factual causation and other issues in highway tripping matters, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on a claim for damages which involved historical grade two listed structures on local authority land, together with various case updates including fundamental dishonesty and refusal to mediate.

This edition reports on the Three-Stage Test to be applied by the Court when considering a Waster Costs Order, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on a Defendant Authority’s duty when Algae is on the highway, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on the successful defence on a matter concerning highway kerb lines and Section 41 dangerousness, and an analysis of the Health and Safety Executive's annual statistics for 2020-21.