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Book review – APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims (3rd edition)

19 February 2020 / Ben Posford
Issue: 7875 / Categories: Features , Personal injury
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General Editor: Stuart McKechnie QC
Co-authors: Jeremy Ford, Simon Brindle & Lucy Wilton
Publisher: Jordan Publishing, LexisNexis
ISBN: 9781784734206
RRP: £129.99

 

The 3rd edition of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers’ Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims is easy to read, insightful, and an absolute must-have text for personal injury practitioners acting for claimants who have sustained injuries of the utmost severity.

The previous (2nd) edition of the book was written in 2013, so there are plenty of reasons to update to the newer version, especially because there are many more chapters from medico-legal and other experts in their specialist fields than in the 2nd edition.

As well as chapters one would expect to see concerning spinal cord, brain and amputation injury claims, there are new chapters on assistive technology (by Mike Gomm), pain management (by Raj Munglani), statutory funding (by Sue Peters), capacity & the Court of Protection (by Ian Potter and Jane Netting from Wrigleys), and life expectancy

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