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New Sweet & Maxwell pub covers Sports Personal Injury.


Sweet & Maxwell (London London, city, Canada
London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826.
), a unit of the Thomson Corp., will begin the publication of Sports Personal Injury: Law and Practice with an October issue. An annual subscription to the new monthly journal costs [pounds sterling]40.

Described as the first specialist publication on sports personal injury law, the new title covers all aspects of personal injury litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 in both the professional and amateur fields. Editorial covers the facts surrounding sur·round  
tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds
1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

n.
 litigation brought to trial, the implications of instigating legal actions and its affect on non-immediate participants such as referees.

The journal includes information dealing with ongoing cases and covers such topics as: liability of clubs and participants, participants to spectators, organizers to spectators, covering bodies, manufacturers and designers and schools; negligent negligent adj., adv. careless in not fulfilling responsibility. (See: negligence)  medical care; negligent coaching; criminal law; compensation for criminal injuries; sporting disciplinary hearings; challenging disciplinary rulings; drugs; and, insurance.

Sweet & Maxwell also publishes such related titles as Journal of Personal Injury Law and Kemp n. 1. Coarse, rough hair in wool or fur, injuring its quality.  & Kemp: The Quantum of Damages.
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Date:Oct 17, 2002
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