In this insight we consider tree upcoming court decisions and the impacts of those decisions on the medical malpractice and casualty insurance professionals.

FRCs in money claims (except clinical negligence) will not be implemented until October 2023 – a second extension of six months on the original timetable.

Defendants may soon be able to enforce their costs against a claimant’s costs or damages obtained pursuant to a settlement.

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has issued a call for evidence to inform the decision-making process for its next PIDR review (due to be completed by July 2024).

Module 3 of the public inquiry has a healthcare focus and includes use of the private sector during the pandemic. A virtual and streamed preliminary hearing is scheduled for 28 February 2023.

Claims by elite rugby players for neurological impairments alleged to arise from repetitive concussive and sub-concussive blows to the head, are gathering pace.

The courts’ appetite for making findings of fundamental dishonesty and to give custodial sentences on committal applications, shows no sign of waning.

In our annual Forward View we look at some of the key topics for the year ahead ranging from the consultation on the discount rate and claims for provisional damages to the Covid-19 Inquiry and claims against private surgeons.

While the focus to date has been on the NHS (where the cost of Covid-19 related claims is estimated to be over £1 billion), private surgeons could face claims as well.

We cover the latest on the Covid-19 Inquiry, NHS Resolution's second Early Notifications report, the roll-out of the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and the implications of virtual wards.

The recent Privy Council decision in the case of Gulf View Medical Centre Limited v Tesheria [2022] UKPC 38 looked at the question of whether or not two defendants had admitted a duty of care for the others’ care.

At our webinar on 29 September, we reviewed Product Claims in a healthcare setting, which can arise in multiple types of claims.