Redress Schemes for Personal Injuries

AvSonia Macleod,Christopher Hodges

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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This ground-breaking book takes a fresh look at potential non-litigation solutions to providing personal injury compensation. It is the first systematic comparative study of such a large number – over forty – of personal injury compensation schemes. It covers the drivers for their creation, the frameworks under which they operate, the criteria and thresholds used, the compensation offered, the claims process, statistics on throughput and costs, and analysis of financial costings. It also considers and compares the successes and failings of these schemes. Many different types of redress providers are studied. These include the comprehensive no-blame coverage offered by the New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation; the widely used Patient, Pharmaceutical, Motor Accident and Workers Compensation Insurance systems of the Nordic states; the far smaller issue-focused schemes like the UK Thalidomide and vCJD Trusts; vaccine damage schemes that exist in many countries; as well as motor vehicle schemes from the USA. Conclusions are drawn about the functions, essential requirements, architecture, scope, operation and performance of personal injury compensation systems. The relationships between such schemes, the courts and regulators are also discussed, and both calls and need for reforms are noted.Noting the wide calls for reform of NHS medical negligence litigation within the UK, and its replacement with a no blame approach, the authors’ findings outline options for future policy in this area. This major contribution builds on general shifts from courts to ADR, and from blame to no blame in regulation, and is a work that has the potential to have a major impact on the field of personal injury redress.With contributions by Raymond Byrne, Claire Bright, Shuna Mason, Magdalena Tulibacka, Matti Urho, Mary Walker and Herbert Woopen.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-11-30
Mått:172 x 248 x 52 mm
Vikt:1 540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Civil Justice Systems
Antal sidor:736
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781509916610

Utforska kategorier

Rättsordning inom Juridik
Socialrätt och hälso- och sjukvårdsrätt inom Juridik
Skada, kränkningar och kompensation inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Sonia Macleod is a Researcher with the Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford.Christopher Hodges is Professor of Justice Systems and Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and Head of the Swiss Re/CMS Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford.

Recensioner i media

The work gives profound insights and very detailed descriptions of the material conditions and procedures of the respective compensation systems. It is thus an extraordinarily exhaustive, legally, factually and socio-legally highly interesting foundation for any kind of discussion about compensation concepts. (Translated from the original German)

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Introduction1. An Introduction to the Schemes Sonia Macleod and Christopher HodgesPart II: New Zealand and Australia2. New Zealand: The Accident Compensation Scheme Christopher Hodges and Sonia Macleod3. Australia: Workers’ Compensation Mary WalkerPart III: Nordic StatesSonia Macleod, Matti Urho and Christopher Hodges4. Nordic Injury Compensation Schemes 5. Sweden 6. Denmark 7. Finland 8. Norway Part IV: US SchemesSonia Macleod9. No-Fault Schemes in the USA 10. Motor Vehicle Coverage in the USA 11. The Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program 12. The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association 13. September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Part V: Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals14. The Thalidomide Trust Sonia Macleod15. Vaccine Injury Compensation Schemes Sonia Macleod16. The Japanese Pharmaceutical Injury Scheme Sonia Macleod and Christopher Hodges17. Injuries in Clinical Trials on Medicines and Clinical Evaluation of Medical DevicesChristopher Hodges and Shuna MasonPart VI: Patient Injuries18. France: The ONIAM Scheme Claire Bright and Christopher Hodges19. Polish No-Fault Medical Compensation Scheme Magdalena Tulibacka20. Ireland: The Injuries Board Christopher Hodges21. Ireland: Health Services and Redress for Women Formerly Resident in Magdalen Laundries Raymond Byrne22. GermanyHerbert Woopen and Christopher HodgesPart VII: UK Schemes23. The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Sonia Macleod24. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Sonia Macleod25. Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Sonia Macleod26. UK Mesothelioma Compulsory Insurance Fund and Compensation Scheme Sonia Macleod27. Miners’ Compensation Schemes Sonia Macleod28. Compensation Scheme for Hepatitis C and HIV Sonia Macleod29. Creutzfeldt–Jakob DiseaseSonia MacleodPart VIII: Corporate Schemes for Medical DevicesSonia Macleod30. Dow Corning Breast Implant Compensation 31. Trilucent Breast Implants 32. ASR Hip Reimbursement Programme Part IX: ConclusionsSonia Macleod and Christopher Hodges33. Conclusions 34. Parameters and Outline of a Modern Compensation Scheme