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Oct 16, 20181 min read

CPR Updates 98 & 100

Who'd have thought we'd reach the 100th CPR Update? A little cheating has gone on to get us there before our time: the 99th Update has...

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Why do judges like contemporaneous medical records so much?

Mike Hill

Sep 26, 20182 min read

Why do judges like contemporaneous medical records so much?

It has always been an annoyance to claimants. When advised that a contemporaneous medical record is likely to be found to be accurate,...

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Mike Hill

Sep 20, 20182 min read

Dental Expert Witness Course

I'm very happy to be able to tell you that Mike Young and I will be running a specialist dental expert witness course in York on 1 March...

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Anyone interested in a day-long dental expert witness course?

Mike Hill

Aug 1, 20181 min read

Anyone interested in a day-long dental expert witness course?

If I were to put on a day-long expert witness course in conjunction with a well-respected and time-served expert witness in dentistry,...

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Round 2 of Mrs Justice Yip's Warning on Expert Agendas. Will a warning of costs consequences be

Mike Hill

Jul 26, 20182 min read

Round 2 of Mrs Justice Yip's Warning on Expert Agendas. Will a warning of costs consequences be

In March 2018 I wrote briefly of the warning of Mrs Justice Yip, DBE, regarding expert agendas. That was in the case of David John...

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Found it! Been looking for this quote for a while....

Mike Hill

Jul 11, 20181 min read

Found it! Been looking for this quote for a while....

I knew I'd seen this somewhere but I couldn't find it. Many of us can relate to this I would have thought: "When it comes to the...

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“We go through the present blindfolded... Only later, when the blindfold is removed and we examine t

Mike Hill

Jul 5, 20184 min read

“We go through the present blindfolded... Only later, when the blindfold is removed and we examine t

GAIL MARIE DUCE v WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST [2018] EWCA Civ 1307 Hindsight v Foresight I've often said that the...

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Book Review: Facts & Figures 2018/19 is out

Mike Hill

Jun 29, 20181 min read

Book Review: Facts & Figures 2018/19 is out

One of the favourite publication dates of the year for the PI/clinical negligence geek is the arrival of the new edition of Facts &...

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Dental Sedation Teachers Group Symposium 2018

Mike Hill

May 14, 20181 min read

Dental Sedation Teachers Group Symposium 2018

Looking forward to speaking to the DSTG tomorrow morning at the Centre for Life, Newcastle. Have seen the delegate list and there will...

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The Discount Rate. Where are we at and what happens next?

Mike Hill

Apr 12, 20181 min read

The Discount Rate. Where are we at and what happens next?

The story so far: 27 February 2017 Then Lord Chancellor Liz Truss announces a change from 2.5% to -0.75%, the first change since 2001 28...

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Trinity Chambers Pupillage Interviews Tomorrow

Mike Hill

Mar 15, 20181 min read

Trinity Chambers Pupillage Interviews Tomorrow

One of my favourite days of the year tomorrow. First round pupillage interviews at Trinity. We'll be interviewing all day. If you're...

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Mike Hill

Mar 14, 20181 min read

Advanced Equality & Diversity Training for barristers: Spaces available tonight!

If anyone would like to come to the Advanced E&D training presented by Sam Mercer, Head of Policy: E&D & CSR at the Bar Council, we can...

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A short warning about expert agendas: "Sometimes less is more as far as the agenda is concerned

Mike Hill

Mar 12, 20182 min read

A short warning about expert agendas: "Sometimes less is more as far as the agenda is concerned

Mrs Justice Yip DBE, sitting at Manchester in DAVID JOHN SAUNDERS v CENTRAL MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2018),...

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Mike Hill

Mar 7, 201814 min read

Lord Justice Jackson's Retirement Speech

This is the transcript of Jackson, LJ's speech, two days before he retired. Answers on a postcard please.... WAS IT ALL WORTH IT?...

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Mike Hill

Mar 7, 20181 min read

New website is here

Hi all, my new website is here but some of the items are not fully functional yet. Please bear with me while I put it together. Doing...

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