Re JM & Others [2016] EWCOP 15: Hill Dickinson acts in test case which asks central government to find processes for dealing with Deprivation of Liberty authorisation applications
On 1 June 2010 the claimant attended the dermatology clinic at the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, for Psoralen Ultraviolet A (PUVA) treatment for his skin condition. The treatment involved soaking a wad of gauze with psolaren solution and applying it to his leg. The claimant said that, during the treatment, the dressing began to lift up from the area on his leg and so he patted it down with his bare right hand.
The aim of the Code is to help an injured claimant make the best and quickest possible medical, social, vocational and psychological recovery. It is voluntary but the Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol requires it to be considered in personal injury claims. To work, it requires the parties to work together to collaboratively use rehabilitation at an early stage in the litigation process, sometimes before liability has been determined.
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