‘In Prosser v British Airways Plc [2018] the Claimant was unsuccessful in his claim for damages arising from an injury suffered as a result of sitting next to a passenger of large stature on the Defendant’s aircraft.’
Zenith PI, 4th February 2019
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A driver who fatally ran over the mother of the Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman has been jailed for 30 weeks.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A driver who caused a crash in which a mother lost her unborn child has been jailed for more than three years.’
BBC News, 25th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hundreds of people are planning a legal challenge against a self-storage company as they claim safety failures led to the destruction of more than 1,000 people’s possessions.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A district judge failed to consider the risks that a claimant solicitor should have taken into account when entering into a conditional fee agreement (CFA) and so was wrong to award a 65% success fee, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 7th January 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A new guideline recently published by the Sentencing Council is likely to result in increased penalties for individuals responsible for fatal workplace accidents. Chris Newton reports.’
New Law Journal, 7th December 2018
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘A bus company that ignored warnings about a driver who crashed into a supermarket, killing two people, has been fined £2.3m.’
BBC News, 27th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In the case of Kelly Wallett (on her own behalf and on behalf of the dependants of Ian Hill (Deceased)) v Vickers [2018] EWHC 3088 (QB) the High Court considered (heard on 14.11.2018) issues of joint criminal enterprise in the context of the ex turpi causadefence.’
Zenith PI, 26th November 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A bin lorry driver who killed a 14-year-old girl after pulling on to a treacherous main road without looking and hitting a school minibus has been jailed.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman left paralysed after being “catapulted” from her new bed during sex has lost a seven-figure damages claim.’
BBC News, 9th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A farmer has been found guilty of causing the death of a 20-year-old woman whose hair became entangled in a milling machine.’
BBC News, 5th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The legal test in considering a breach of s41 remains to be found in James v Preseli Pembrokeshire DC [1993] PIQR P114 and Jones v Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC [2008] EWCA Civ 1497. Whilst the appellant was successful on the basis two pieces of evidence had not been considered with the correct weight, the lower Court had nonetheless applied the correct legal test.’
Park Square Barristers, 30th October 2018
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘More than 1,200 NHS staff have won compensation after being injured by needles potentially infected with HIV or hepatitis over the past six years.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘London Zoo has been fined £40,000 after a keeper cleaning out a hawk aviary fell off a faulty step ladder that was wrongly retrieved from a skip.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Civil Liability Bill seriously undermines the oath sworn by Lord Chancellor David Gauke to defend the independence of the judiciary, claimant lawyers have argued as the bill near the end of its parliamentary journey.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Impecunious road traffic accident claimants who benefit from the rule allowing them to claim full credit hire costs must provide pre-action disclosure of financial records, a circuit judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Measures to protect cyclists are to be introduced in the Highway Code, including a new recommendation on how to get out of a vehicle without “dooring” a passing rider.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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