Northern exposures
Being unable to recover pre-accident medical records in court cases causes insurers difficulty in many ways, not least in assessing claims for future loss of earnings. Louise Ross and Julie Keenan recount how the Scottish courts have recently relented and allowed access by looking south of the border
Courts in Scotland have traditionally only exercised their powers to order recovery of pre-accident medical records restrictively. Recovery has been limited to documents that are required to prove or
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