‘The Civil Justice Council has proposed rule changes that would further ensure that all civil judges, parties and advocates consider vulnerability of people involved in civil proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A cyclist who knocked over a woman who was looking at her mobile phone while crossing a road and was then threatened with financially ruinous legal costs has settled the case.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Parties can agree to contract out of fixed costs, a regional costs judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 24th February 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The appeals arose out of the attempted enforcement of an investment arbitration award in favour of the claimants against Romania in relation to investments made by the claimants in food production in Romania before the country acceded to the EU.’
UKSC Blog, 19th February 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The Supreme Court has confirmed that insurers can be liable for accidents on private land even where the driver is not covered – but the long-running issue may not be over yet.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Neil Witham died at the age of 55 from mesothelioma leaving behind his wife (the Claimant) and his two foster children. At the heart of the dispute between the parties in this case was the width and breadth of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 and the proper method to quantify the dependency if it fell within the scope of the Act.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 14th February 2020
Source: www.12kbw.co.uk
‘On 18 December 2019, Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke, the Designated Civil Judge sitting at Oxford Combined Court, handed down judgment in Docherty v Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Unreported, 25, 26 & 27 November 2019). This was a clinical negligence claim in which the Claimant made various allegations in respect of her immediate post-natal care which led to her sustaining a serious ankle injury when she fainted due to anaemia caused by blood lost during an instrumental delivery the previous morning.’
Hailsham Chambers, 13th February 2020
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘Following the decision in I v Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (25 February 2019), applications for a further interim payment on account of costs have become common in high-value clinical negligence and personal injury claims where there is likely to be substantial delay before quantum can be determined by the court. In the recent decision in RXK v Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2751 (QB), Master Cook observed that there was no decision of the High Court on the principle of whether such applications are well founded and have an adequate judicial basis in the rules and/or the authorities. Thus, the master took the opportunity in RXK to provide guidance ‘in the hope that such applications would be better prepared in future’.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘he Church of England could face a multimillion-pound bill after its ruling body voted in favour of compensating survivors of sexual abuse.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Appellant was a firm of solicitors against whom the Respondent, on behalf of the late Mr Watkins’ estate, continued Mr Watkins’ claim in professional negligence following his death in 2014.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 10th February 2020
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘Victims talk about their ordeal and a complex compensation scheme that is yet to deliver.’
The Guardian, 9th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A bodybuilder who claimed an accident left him scared of heights was exposed when a video emerged of him careering down Europe’s highest waterslide.’
BBC News, 6th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Windrush victims will have an additional two years to apply for compensation for their losses after the Home Office bowed to pressure to extend the deadline by two years.’
The Independent, 7th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The case concerned material detriment counter-notices under the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 and the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965. Such counter-notices can be given where an acquiring authority is proposing to acquire compulsorily part only of a landowner’s land holding and the landowner wants the authority either to take the whole of his land or to withdraw completely from the proposed acquisition. Material detriment will arise where, when compared to the property as it previously existed, the retained portion of land is less useful or less valuable in some significant degree. Generally speaking, when it receives a counter-notice, the acquiring authority has the choice whether to withdraw from the acquisition, take the whole of the land, or contest whether material detriment arises.’
Francis Taylor Building, 30th January 2020
Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk
‘He arrived in the UK nearly a decade ago after an “uncle” – the term he uses for older men of his nationality – helped him escape the violence, labour exploitation and sexual abuse he was subjected to for most of his childhood. He has since been saved from his exploiters, but faced a different challenge – the battle for protection from the Home Office.’
The Independent, 4th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that company directors cannot buy assets from their liquidated companies at below market value.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Calls for immediate compensation for thousands of victims contaminated by infected NHS blood have been rejected by ministers at a meeting with campaigners and survivors – but more health support may be made available.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An experienced property solicitor was rejected for a job at a law firm despite being the only person interviewed because of age discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 29th January 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The high court has given a green light to a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia that has been brought by a prominent dissident living in London who has claimed he was the victim of a sophisticated hacking campaign by the kingdom.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Directors of insolvent companies should not be allowed to buy assets of the business on the cheap, the High Court has ruled. In Systems Building Services Group Limited [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch), the court this week ruled that a director is liable to pay the liquidators of his company money he saved by not placing a house owned by the company on the open market when the company went under.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd January 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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