‘A costs judge was entitled to find that a case that erroneously exited the portal would have done so legitimately at some stage and so the claimant was entitled to regular, rather than fixed, costs, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 27th February 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Justice secretary Robert Buckland QC MP has finally confirmed that the RTA portal for whiplash claims is being delayed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘One issue that arises from time to time in personal injury litigation is the question of whether an injured claimant must look to the tenant or landlord of premises where she sustained her injury in order to seek redress through a personal injury claim.’
Ropewalk Chambers, February 2020
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘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 Grenfell Tower public inquiry has been delayed again over demands from companies involved in the disastrous refurbishment that their evidence should not be used to help jail them.’
The Guardian, 23rd February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The decision of Master Cook in ARN v Ageas Insurance Ltd (27/1/2020), when approving a Fatal Accident Act settlement involving four children, provides a novel and pragmatic solution to a difficult apportionment problem. A single mother was killed in a road traffic accident, leaving four young children. The children were the deceased’s only dependants and their claim was settled for a substantial lump sum.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 13th February 2020
Source: www.12kbw.co.uk
‘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
‘A survivor of the 7/7 terror attacks is to lead plans for a memorial commemorating the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. Thelma Stober, a lawyer badly injured in the 2005 attack at Aldgate, will co-chair a commission to try to decide how to remember the 72 people killed by the fire at the west London tower block.’
The Guardian, 14th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has confirmed it has no plans to look more widely at the system for awarding bereavement damages to relatives.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Claims concerning credit hire charges appear before the courts on a daily basis. It is vital for litigators in this field to be familiar with the decision of the High Court of Justice in late 2019, in Humayum Hussain v EUI Limited [2019] EWHC 2647 (QB); [2019] 10 WLUK 152, (‘Hussain’). The principles detailed in the judgment are applicable to self-employed drivers, including but not limited to, chauffeurs, delivery drivers and hauliers.’
KCH Garden Sq, 7th February 2020
Source: kchgardensquare.co.uk
‘The Civil Procedure Rule Committee last week put off approving the rules for the new whiplash portal until next month, it is understood, making the April start-date all-but impossible.’
Legal Futures, 10th February 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The chairman of the Grenfell Tower inquiry has backed a request from firms that refurbished the building that evidence they give should not be used against them in criminal prosecutions.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘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
‘A PC who started a relationship with a woman he arrested despite being warned not to by his bosses, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘People who worked on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment could face the threat of being jailed for life, their lawyers have said, with witnesses interviewed by police believing they could be charged with manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The second phase of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry is to begin later, days after one of its panellists resigned.’
BBC News, 27th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There are signs that courts are more willing to make findings of fundamental dishonesty when they reject claimants’ cases, a leading defendant firm has suggested.’
Litigation Futures, 21st January 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘This article discusses a recent case whereby the court found that as the Defendant’s employee had failed to report an issue with a passenger lift, they had not acted reasonably. Therefore, the Defendant had been in breach of s2 of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957.’
Becket Chambers, 15th January 2020
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Two and a half years on from fatal Kensington blaze, more than 21,000 households still living in flats wrapped in flammable cladding that allowed fire to rapidly spread’
The Independent, 16th January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A van driver who admitted he felt “a little drunk” before getting behind the wheel and killing up-and-coming rapper Cadet in a head-on collision with a taxi has been jailed for almost five years.’
The Independent. 9th January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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