6th July 2018 Welcome to the latest weekly news summary from Law Brief Publishing. You have received this newsletter at newsletter@newslettercollector.com, because you are signed-up to our newsletters via lawbriefpublishjing.com, www.lawbriefupdate.com or www.pibriefupdate.com. Scroll to the end for contact, unsubscribe info etc. This week we have another excellent free article from the PI Brief Update Law Journal, as well as the usual selection of personal injury and general law news, blogs, and humour. Personal Injury News & Free Articles Medical Experts Learning to Live with Medco 2018 - Dr Mark Burgin... FREE article from PIBULJ.COM Are children safe on inflatables?... BBC News Exaggerated injury claim defeated using section 57... PI Brief Update News PI partner struck off for allowing staff to pursue fraudulent claims... Legal Futures Civil Liability Bill delayed until at least September... Law Society Gazette RTA victim wins bigger settlement after pursuing case in US... The Northern Echo General Law News & Blogs MEPs reject controversial 'link tax' European copyright law... BBC News MoJ admits overcharging for court fees... Law Society Gazette Diabetic woman awarded 2000 euros after concert staff confiscated her drink... Irish Examiner Three-year minimum tenancies could be introduced for renters... Money Saving Expert Japanese Knotweed ruling hailed as a victory for homeowners... AOL News ECJ to hear Brexit challenge by 97-year-old WW2 veteran... The Guardian PIBULJ.COM Articles A selection of recent and popular articles from PIBULJ.COM. Note that an account is required to read the full articles. If you haven't subscribed yet, why not try it out for one month for just £1? Click here for more info. Fake Holiday Sickness Claims in Court - Miles Hepworth, FOIL & DWF After several summers of facing gastric illness claims in the courts, this summer is set to be an altogether quieter one for insurance lawyers defending gastric illness claims. ABTA's Stop Sickness Scams campaign together with the robust approach taken by some of the larger tour operators, the focus of the Ministry of Justice alongside the wider industry interest has been remarkably successful in a relatively short space of time in discouraging holidaymakers from making fraudulent claims...   FREE BOOK SAMPLE from 'A Practical Guide to Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life Claims' by Rebecca Greenstreet This book provides an overview and analysis of the law in relation to wrongful life, wrongful conception and wrongful birth claims. After reading this book you will: Understand how to establish whether there is a cause of action in your cases in these areas. Have an in-depth understanding of the relevant case law, including...   FREE BOOK CHAPTER: Noise Induced Hearing Loss Claims – from ‘A Practical Guide to Disease and Illness Claims’ by Andrew Mckie The Small Claims Track change for personal injury cases is likely to come into effect in October 2018. This book looks at other areas personal injury practitioners have begun to focus in, including industrial disease claims. This book covers issues in relation to industrial disease, and in particular focuses on the day-to-day issues in practice that one encounters with such cases including spotting the ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ quickly and efficiently, practical tips for investigation, litigation tactics, as well as a summary of the law, the important cases, and how to run these claims efficiently...   CC (widow and dependant of JC (deceased)) v TD [2018] EWHC 1240 (QB) - Paul Sankey, Enable Law A recent case raises the issue of how dependency under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 is calculated when the parties had started but not completed divorce proceedings and there was uncertainty over the outcome of that process. It is also interesting for its unusual facts...   Metal on Metal hips and the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (Part One) - James Bell, Hodge Jones & Allen Metal on Metal hips (MoMs) were introduced by the four leading orthopaedic prosthetic companies to the hip prosthetic market on a wide scale in the early 2000s. Stryker, DePuy, Zimmer and Smith and Nephew all produced very similar MoM models as the industry moved to using all metal products after earlier attempts had tried and failed in the 1980s...   PIBULJ.TV - masterclasses from the experts Episode 3: 'Limitation Masterclass: A Practical Overview' by Andrew Roy Andrew Roy from 12 King's Bench Walk presents a practical guide to limitation law for personal injury practitioners. Includes: date of knowledge, suspending time, bringing/issuing proceedings, service, section 33, addition and substitution, procedure, special cases. Click here to watch a sample for free! Queen's Counsel This cartoon is by Alex Williams who draws the Queen's Counsel cartoons for The Times and in numerous books including The Queen's Counsel Lawyer's Omnibus. BabyBarista - Memories Out with TheBusker again today with whom I think I've learned more in a few days that with UpTights in a few months. Today he was defending a theft and it all boiled down to whether the prosecution's witness was credible or not. Looked pretty clear cut to me on the face of the papers and I said so to TheBusker. "Nothing's ever clear cut, BabyB. Not when it comes to memories. There's no smooth little movie being recorded in that head of yours. It's all a tapestry of jagged images and sounds, stitched together with imagination. Watch out for stitches BabyB. They'll win you case after case." So it was today. TheBusker was as friendly as you like to the witness, getting her full story in intimate detail. Then he went back and simply asked... Click here to continue reading... 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