Originally published in TEDR Volume 13 Issue 1 (publication date not recorded).
[2007] EWCA Civ 1433 TEDR Volume 13 Issue 1
This case concerned a Claimant who had sustained a hip injury during an accident at work.
The Claimant’s own evidence, and thus her case, was that she continued to suffer pain long after the time that she, according to the orthopaedic evidence, ought to have recovered. She contended that she suffered chronic pain.
The Claimant gave extensive evidence at trial which was inconsistent in many regards. The Judge certainly regarded her as a poor historian.
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