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Strategies and tactics in litigating personal injury claims: Tort law in action

Lewis, Richard K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4304-085X 2018. Strategies and tactics in litigating personal injury claims: Tort law in action. Journal of Personal Injury Law 2 , pp. 113-136.

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Abstract

This article reveals some of the tactics which lawyers may use when conducting personal injury litigation. The research is empirically based by being drawn from structured interviews with a cross section of practitioners. This qualitative evidence helps to place the rules of tort in a wider context and suggests that tactical considerations may affect the outcome of individual cases irrespective of their legal merits. A range of strategies are considered here to illustrate how they may be used at different points during the litigation. In addition, the article updates our understanding of the compensation system by considering the practitioners’ responses in the light of the major changes made to this area of practice in recent years. It reveals how negotiation tactics have developed since research in this area was last carried out. Overall the article adds to a very limited literature dealing with negotiation and settlement of personal injury claims. The picture of litigation painted here runs counter to the misleading image of individualised court-based justice that is often portrayed as the defining characteristic of tort law.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Cardiff Law & Politics
Law
Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell
ISSN: 1472-9490
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 1 December 2017
Date of Acceptance: 29 November 2017
Last Modified: 19 Nov 2023 02:51
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/107181

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