Gordon Exall reviews APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims

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21/04/2026

In his blog Civil Litigation Brief, barrister Gordon Exall, has called the APIL Guide to Catastrophic Injury Claims, Fourth Edition  “a book of considerable importance, assistance and utility” and said that it is a “must buy”.

The book was edited Stuart McKechnie KC, and is co-authored by Jeremy Ford, Simon Brindle, Caroline Klage and Rhiannon Daniel.

The management of catastrophic injury claims is highly complex. They involve detailed care and rehabilitation regimes, important decisions on accommodation, sophisticated case management, technical procedural matters often involving the Court of Protection, significant use of expert evidence in multiple disciplines, difficult issues on life expectancy and complicated settlement and financial structures including periodical payment orders.

The book is available for purchase here.

The review is available here.

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