Catastrophic Injury
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VR Series #4 How Does it Work?
It suddenly occurred to me that whilst we are going through this series of articles talking about the multiple potential healthcare benefits of VR we have never actually considered how it all works…
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VR Series #3.1 Psychological Therapies Update
Lest you thought that the march of VR research was largely focused across the pond it is of great interest to those of us in the UK to note that Health Minister Lord O’Shaughnessy has recently…
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VR Series #3 Psychological Therapies
"From what I’ve seen, its most obvious application in health is for mental health. The brain takes cues from the real world – and to understand how a psychological condition works is very difficult.…
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VR Series #2: Virtual Reality and Acute Pain
Welcome to this second in our series of articles exploring virtual reality healthcare and its many potential uses. After VR Physiotherapy we now move to the treatment of acute pain through, in…
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VR Series #1: Virtual Reality Physiotherapy
Following last week's highly successful and interesting 'DWF Catastrophic Injury Conference' [13th March 2018] I thought that I would take the opportunity to begin a series of articles related to…
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Perseverance in chronic pain case results in significant savings
John Lezemore and Adela Carrasco of DWF have recently obtained significant savings on a claim presented as a chronic pain case valued at over £1million.
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National Spinal Cord Injury Database
Following my last article Predictive Modelling – SCI i thought it worthwhile sharing some information in relation to the National Spinal Cord Injury Database within the US particularly given that I…
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Claimant scythed down by Section 57
The decision of the High Court in London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (In Liquidation) ("LOCOG") v Haydn Sinfield ("Sinfield") on 22 January 2018, has opened up further…
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Multiple contempts lead to fine and suspended prison sentence in exaggerated £1million claim
DWF acted for Aviva and their insured in successful contempt proceedings against a claimant who, despite suffering genuine injuries in a road traffic accident, went on to exaggerate the extent of his…
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The Supreme Court on jurisdiction and the interpretation of damage in personal injury claims abroad
The long awaited Supreme Court decision in the case of Four Seasons Holdings v Brownlie was recently handed down, but has the question of how to interpret "damage" in what is called the "tort…
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