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Sweet and Maxwell discount
Posted by Piba · May 28, 2025 1:13 PM
As part of the partnership with Thomson Reuters Sweet and Maxwell, PIBA members can now enjoy a 20% discount on various publications of relevance to personal injury practitioners.
Publications include:
Foskett on Compromise 10th Edition – September 2024
Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence 16th edition – June 2025
McGregor on Damages 22nd edition mainwork & 1st supplement – June 2025
McGregor on Damages 22nd edition, 1st supplement only – June
Clerk & Lindsell on Torts 24th edition mainwork & 2nd supplement – July 2025
Clerk & Lindsell on Torts 24th edition, 2nd supplement only – July 2025
Jackson & Powell 9th edition mainwork & supplement – December 2024
Jackson & Powell 9th edition, 3rd supplement only – December 2024
Gatley on Libel & Slander 13th edition mainwork & 1st supplement – November 2024
Gatley on Libel & Slander 13th edition, 1st supplement only – November 2024
Asbestos: Law and Litigation 2nd edition – June 2022
Medical Negligence 6th edition – September 2021
Brain Injury Claims 2nd edition – June 2020
The Regulation of Healthcare Professionals 2nd edition – June 2019
Personal Injury Pleadings 6th edition – May 2019
To make your order please email [email protected] and quote discount code 2025PIBA or visit www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk and apply the code at checkout.
BSB Update on the Claims Management Question
Posted by Piba · April 01, 2025 11:12 AM
Following a meeting with the BSB this afternoon, PIBA has been asked to share the following message from the BSB:
This year’s Authorisation to Practise (AtP) process contained a new question, asking about barristers’ involvement in claims management activity.
Following feedback from the Bar Council, the Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA) and a number of individual barristers, we recognise that the question’s framing and supporting guidance created confusion as to how respondents should answer.
We would like to apologise for any confusion.
We are aware that individual barristers have taken different views on how to answer the question, and so the data will not provide the level or quality of intelligence we hoped to gather.
On that basis we will not be using the data from this question and will delete it once the AtP process is completed, at the end of April. This question will not appear on next year’s AtP.
If you have already answered the question, the data will simply be ignored. There is no need to contact BSB records or seek to change any answer given thus far. If you have not yet completed your ATP, answer the question “no”.
They will be sharing this updated guidance more widely on their website and messaging. PIBA has also informed the Bar Council and the PNBA. Please feel free to share this message far and wide.
piCalculator - Special Offer for PIBA Members
Posted by Piba · October 14, 2024 3:31 PM
Many barristers who are members of PIBA benefit from using piCalculator, a tool used by legal professionals calculating losses for Personal Injury or Clinical Negligence schedules.
piCalculator handles all the mathematical calculations, allowing lawyers to focus on the law. The platform is widely regarded as an established and trustworthy sector partner in the practice of injury law, attracting praise from industry leaders who describe it as "a heavyweight solution with lightweight cost.''
piCalculator is a cloud based, fully encrypted solution which stores large amounts of data and performs powerful calculations behind the scenes. It produces mathematically accurate schedules with explanatory notes that can be easily amended, updated and shared with other users or parties online.
Some key facts about piCalculator:
- Key facts accessible instantly
- Produce a schedule or counter-schedule as a court document with explanations of how the multipliers are created
- Interest calculated on past losses
- Future loss multipliers for continuous and periodic losses
- Create scenarios to compare different criteria e.g. changes in Discount Rate, alternative Heads of Loss calculations
- Care rate, tax and NI calculations for both Past and Future Losses
- Contingency rates for loss of earnings
- Continuous updates to ensure accuracy of calculations
- Full training and support
PIBA members can apply a 5% discount to the individual subscription by quoting the code which can be found on this page - which you will need to be signed in to see.
Further deductions can be claimed for multi-year subscriptions. Please see the table this page for further details. PIBA members renewing their subscription can also claim their discount by using the same code.
Multi-year subscriptions can be paid annually or in total upfront.
To subscribe, please use the email address below.
If you have any questions about piCalculator or wish to subscribe at a discount please contact [email protected]
Please do not share the code with non-PIBA Members.
10,000 Black Interns Sponsor
Posted by Piba · June 21, 2024 11:25 AM
PIBA are proud to support the Bar Council's engagement in the 10,000 Black Interns Initiative.
More information can be found here
