Heroin death jail appeal rejected – BBC News

Posted April 2nd, 2009 in drug abuse, homicide, negligence, news by sally

“The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a woman who failed to call for medical help while her half-sister was dying of a heroin overdose.”

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BBC News, 2nd April 2009

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Runner’s £15k dog damages voided – BBC News

Posted March 31st, 2009 in dogs, negligence, news, personal injuries by sally

“A runner who was awarded £15,000 compensation after a Great Dane pushed him over while he jogged, has had the award cancelled by the Court of Appeal.”

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BBC News, 30th March 2009

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Settlement after hospital blunder – BBC News

Posted March 24th, 2009 in birth, compensation, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A woman has won a multi-million pound compensation settlement after a blunder at a Wearside hospital left her with serious brain damage.”

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BBC News, 23rd March 2009

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Company fined after worker death – BBC News

Posted March 24th, 2009 in health & safety, homicide, negligence, news by sally

“A waste company in Sunderland has been fined £15,000 after one of its workers was killed when he was hit by a 20-tonne dumper truck.”

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BBC News, 23rd March 2009

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Total liable for Buncefield blast – BBC News

Posted March 20th, 2009 in hazardous substances, health & safety, negligence, news by sally

“The High Court has ruled that oil company Total is liable for damages caused by the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot in Hertfordshire.”

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BBC News, 20th March 2009

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‘Islamophobe’ head Erica Connor wins Surrey County Council payout – The Times

Posted March 20th, 2009 in education, local government, negligence, news, psychiatric damage by sally

“A campaign by two Muslim governors to give Islam a greater presence in a state school played a key part in forcing a successful head from her job, the High Court found yesterday.”

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The Times, 20th March 2009

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Cerebral palsy victim sues over ‘birth blunder’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 18th, 2009 in birth, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A cerebral palsy sufferer who won a scholarship to Eton and then achieved a mathematics PhD from Cambridge University has begun a legal battle to sue the NHS for millions of pounds over mistakes he claims were made by doctors at his birth.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2009

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Teenager seeks damages over operation on wrong finger – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 16th, 2009 in hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A schoolboy awoke from surgery to remove a lump from his finger to discover the wrong one had been operated on.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2009

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Peters v East Midlands Strategic Health Authority and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted March 16th, 2009 in damages, disabled persons, law reports, negligence by sally

Peters v East Midlands Strategic Health Authority and Another

Court of Appeal

“Damages awarded to a claimant severely disabled as a result of the defendants’ negligence were to be disregarded for the purpose of the charging provisions for the local authority providing her with statutory accommodation and care.”

The Times, 16th March 2009

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Tann v Herrington – WLR Daily

Posted March 12th, 2009 in insurance, law reports, negligence, partnerships by sally

Tann v Herrington [2009] EWHC 445 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 89

Where a partner entrusted with the responsibility of dealing with all aspects of the firm’s professional indemnity insurance failed to fulfil his obligations, a liability in damages to a client, for which the firm’s professional indemnity insurer had refused indemnity, was a liability to be borne personally by the partner because he was responsible for notifying the insurers that a claim had been made and his delay in doing so caused the refusal of indemnity.”

WLR Daily, 11th March 2009

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Trust pays out over twins’ deaths – BBC News

Posted March 6th, 2009 in birth, compensation, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“A Worcestershire woman whose twin girls were stillborn after ‘warning signs’ of medical problems were missed has won compensation from an NHS trust.”

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BBC News, 5th March 2009

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FSA faces multimillion claim for failing to stop Terry Freeman trading – The Times

Posted March 5th, 2009 in company law, financial regulation, negligence, news by sally

“The Financial Services Authority is facing a multimillion-pound compensation claim from a group of investors who say that the City watchdog failed to stop the activities of a suspected rogue trader.”

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The Times, 5th March 2009

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Mitchell and Another v Glasgow City Council – Times Law Reports

Posted February 26th, 2009 in assault, duty of care, law reports, local government, negligence by sally

Mitchell and Another v Glasgow City Council

House of Lords

“Local housing authority landlords were under no duty to warn a neighbour who had received death threats from an abusive tenant that a meeting had been arranged at which he was warned that he would be evicted unless his behaviour improved, after which the abusive tenant inflicted fatal injuries on his neighbour.”

The Times, 26th February 2009

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Review given for boy’s 1990 death – BBC News

Posted February 25th, 2009 in doctors, negligence, news, professional conduct, time limits by sally

“A charity has won the legal right to challenge a decision by the General Medical Council (GMC) not to investigate a boy’s death 19 years ago.”

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BBC News, 24th February 2009

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Mitchell v Glasgow City Council – WLR Daily

Posted February 23rd, 2009 in assault, duty of care, law reports, local government, negligence by sally

Mitchell v Glasgow City Council [2009] UKHL 11; [2009] WLR (D) 65

Where a local housing authority summoned one of its tenants, who had been abusing and threatening one of his neighbours, to a meeting at which he was told that he could face eviction if his behaviour did not improve and the tenant left the meeting and within an hour had inflicted fatal injuries on the neighbour, it was not fair, just or reasonable that the local housing authority should be held to have been under a common law duty to warn the neighbour that the meeting had been arranged.”

WLR Daily, 20th February 2009

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Court case over boy’s 1990 death – BBC News

Posted February 23rd, 2009 in doctors, judicial review, negligence, news by sally

“The General Medical Council (GMC) faces a judicial review later over claims it failed to investigate a boy’s death nearly 19 years ago.”

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BBC News, 23rd February 2009

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Nationwide Building Society v Dunlop Haywards (DHL) Ltd (t/a Dunlop Heywood Lorenz) – WLR Daily

Posted February 20th, 2009 in contribution, damages, law reports, negligence by sally

Nationwide Building Society v Dunlop Haywards (DHL) Ltd (t/a Dunlop Heywood Lorenz) [2009] EWHC 254 (Comm); [2009] WLR (D) 61

The ‘damages’ awarded in respect of  ‘the damage in question’  from which reduction was made pursuant to s 2(3)(b) of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 in the event of contributory negligence on the part of the person who suffered the damage, had the same meaning as ‘the same damage’ and ‘damage in question’  in s 1(1) of the 1978 Act and s 2(1) of the 1978 Act. The reduction in respect of contributory negligence was therefore applied as a cap on the contributors’ liability after the court had first assessed the total loss for which both the contributors were liable.”

WLR Daily, 19th February 2009

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Ex-QC raises civil action against RBS – The Independent

Posted February 18th, 2009 in banking, misrepresentation, negligence, news by sally

“A former QC raised a civil case in court today against the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, accusing it of concealing the state of its finances.”

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The Independent, 18th February 2009

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Corby council accused in first birth defects case since thalidomide – The Times

Posted February 16th, 2009 in birth, industrial injuries, negligence, news, pollution by sally

“A council was today accused of causing birth defects to 18 babies after its redevelopment of a gigantic former steelworks was allegedly marred by negligence, greed and nepotism. ”

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The Times, 16th February 2009

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Yearworth and Others v North Bristol NHS Trust – Times Law Reports

Posted February 10th, 2009 in bailment, human tissue, law reports, negligence, psychiatric damage by sally

Yearworth and Others v North Bristol NHS Trust

Court of Appeal

“A sample of sperm from a person undergoing chemotherapy, which a hospital stored in case he became infertile after the treatment, was that person’s property and its loss or damage was capable of establishing a claim in negligence.”

The Times, 10th February 2009

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