CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 78: NO DUTY ON AN INJURED CLAIMANT TO USE THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

This post is due to a tweet someone copied me in on this morning.  The issue was, ostensibly, one of general damages in a personal injury case.  An insurer was refusing to pay the costs of private treatment  - stating the claimant should use the NHS. The claimant was, therefore, suffering for a long...