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NLJ this week: COVID-19 & the impact on catastrophic personal injury claims

16 July 2020
Issue: 7895 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Personal injury
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It’s time to break bad habits, and remote working provides the perfect excuse, writes Ken Young, Keoghs partner, in this week’s NLJ

He makes his argument in the context of catastrophic personal injury claims―affected along with other damages claims by the pandemic. With courts closing, evidence gathering stalling and rehabilitation curtailed, the likely outcome would be longer claims cycles and increases in damages and costs. 

Young asks, however: are we already seeing ‘signs of progress, new thinking and innovation to adapt’? He hails the faster adoption of technology and the profession’s ability to problem-solve. 

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