‘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
‘The Supreme Court will next week hand down its ruling on whether a county council misapplied a key provision in the National Planning Policy Framework on the preservation of “the openness of the Green Belt”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st January 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has delivered another significant Judgment arising from the handling of the VWF litigation against British Coal.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 20th November 2019
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a firm of solicitors in relation to a professional negligence claim concerning alleged under-settlement of a coal miner’s personal injury claim in 2003. The Supreme Court found that, since medical evidence of the nature subsequently obtained in the context of the professional negligence claim would not have been obtained in 2003, it should not be admissible when assessing the extent of the Claimant’s loss in the professional negligence claim. In reaching its decision, and unlike the Court of Appeal, it did not give its general views on the admissibility of evidence that would not have been available at the time of the original underlying claim.’
UKSC Blog, 26th November 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The Supreme Court will today hand down its eagerly-awaited ruling on the principle of full compensation as part of a negligence claim against solicitors.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Rory Thomson, a senior associate in the Insurance and Reinsurance Group at CMS, previews the appeal pending in the case of Edwards v Hugh James Ford Simey (a firm). The case concerns the correct approach to the assessment of damages in a claim for loss of chance arising from solicitors’ negligence, and the extent to which a court should admit evidence obtained after the date of settlement of the original claim as part of that assessment. The appeal was heard by the UK Supreme Court on 25 July 2019, and its judgment is currently awaited.’
UKSC Blog, 30th September 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The High Court in Liverpool has refused to transfer one of the biggest claims ever filed in this country to the Rolls Building in London.’
Litigation Futures, 24th April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The home secretary has rejected an offer by the bishop of Sheffield to set up an independent panel to examine events surrounding the “battle of Orgreave”, one if the most brutal clashes between police and miners during the 1984 miners’ strike.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An opencast coal mine could be built next to one of Northumerbland’s most beautiful beaches after The Court of Appeal overturned Savid Javid’s decision to block the scheme.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The widow of a coke oven worker who suffered chronic bronchitis because of harmful fumes has won £15,853 in a court battle against the UK government.’
BBC News, 15th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Unreleased files about the Battle of Orgreave from five police forces, including a contemporaneous report by a chief constable on the policing of the miner’s strike, have been uncovered by the Commons home affairs committee.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lord Justice Jackson has expressed his contempt for a firm that recruited a claimant and ‘turned his head’ to bring negligence proceedings. In the Court of Appeal Jackson said it was ‘regrettable’ that north west firm Mellor Hargreaves had persuaded a former miner to bring an action against his previous solicitors to ‘top up’ a damages award.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that Raleys – the controversial but now defunct Barnsley law firm – should not have to compensate a miner who argued that its admitted negligence had caused him to settle a claim at an undervalue.’
Legal Futures, 2nd May 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Secret files concerning one of the most high profile clashes of the 1980s miners’ strike should be assessed and made public if possible, a government committee has said.’
BBC News, 27th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Thatcher government feared a “witch hunt” if a public inquiry were held into policing of the 1984-5 miners’ strike, declassified files show.’
BBC News, 9th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Home Office files concerning events at the “battle of Orgreave” are due to be released next year among a cache of records relating to the 1984 miners’ strike.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Home Office files, including a 1985 memo to Margaret Thatcher, released after public inquiry ruled out last month.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A decision on whether to launch a new inquiry into the “battle of Orgreave”, one of the most brutal episodes during the 1984 miners’ strike, is due to be announced by the home secretary, Amber Rudd.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government is considering a review of what happened in 1984 during the miners’ strike when violent clashes took place between the police and miners on the picket line at Orgreave.’
BBC News, 10th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Government will announce an inquiry into police conduct at the so-called Battle of Orgreave in 1984, it has been reported.’
The Independent, 15th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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