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Where does this leave a defender who wants to lodge
(and hopefully gain cost protection) from a tender
when the pursuer has not yet obtained the necessary
evidence to quantify their claim? Had the defender
lodged a supporting medical report, might that have
made a difference? Or would the court still have considered it reasonable for the pursuer to be given time
to obtain their own?
Professor Shah Khan
Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist
It seems that in Anderson the lack of time the
pursuer's solicitor had to investigate the claim prior to
raising proceedings was a relevant factor. It would be
interesting to know whether the outcome in Anderson would have been the same if the pursuer had instructed solicitors sooner. Had that been the case, it
would have, presumably, allowed more to be made of
the argument that the pursuer ought to have been in
a position, at an earlier stage, to properly quantify his
claim. And, in turn, to know at an earlier stage,
whether or not the tender should be accepted.
MB BS, FRCR, MSK Dip (ESSR)
Shah Khan was appointed as Consultant Radiologist at East
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, in 2003. He is Honorary
Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire and
Honorary Visiting Professor, SSMC, Narowal.
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The QOCS system has only been in place in Scotland
since 2021 and remains in its infancy. Case law is starting to develop but it may be some time before the
inter-relationship between tendering and QOCS is
fully understood.
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Authors
Laura McMillan, Partner & Director of Advocacy
Ellen Andrew, Associate
Douglas McGregor, Practice Development Lawyer
Frank Gill, Trainee Solicitor
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