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Serious Personal Injury Litigation – A Quantum Update – Byrom Street Chambers

Posted October 20th, 2017 in damages, indexation, news, periodical payments, personal injuries by sally

‘Arguments concerning the indexation of periodical payments orders triggeredmany more cases than usual being tried out after 2005 on numerous heads of damage. Further cases followed after theissue of indexation was decided, leading to the landmark decision in Whiten (2011). In late 2014 and 2015 there has been a further spate of reported cases driven by the NHS LA. James Rowley QC brings together the judgments so that trends in awards in the most serious litigation can be identified.’

Byrom Street Chambers, 29th September 2017

Source: www.byromstreet.com

The Great Repeal Bill: What will happen to accrued rights to claim Francovich damages? – Blackstone Chambers

Posted October 20th, 2017 in bills, damages, EC law, human rights, news, repeals by sally

‘In the Miller litigation, the UK Government placed considerable weight upon its intention to enact a “Great Repeal Bill”. As the Supreme Court understood it, such a Bill would “…repeal the 1972 Act and, wherever practical, it will convert existing EU law into domestic law at least for a transitional period” (see the majority judgment at ¶34, see also ¶¶94, 263). Now that the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has been published, it appears that Francovich damages are an important exception to this intention.’

Blackstone Chambers, 3rd October 2017

Source: www.blackstonechambers.com

Case Law Update – Byrom Street Chambers

Posted October 20th, 2017 in community care, Court of Protection, damages, delay, disclosure, evidence, hospitals, medical records, negligence, news, periodical payments, personal injuries, video recordings by sally

‘This paper examines a selection of those of the more interesting cases to those acting for defendants over the past two years.’

Byrom Street Chambers, 26th September 2017

Source: www.byromstreet.com

Copyright in Photographs – Pablo Star Media Ltd v Bowen – NIPC Law

Posted October 16th, 2017 in appeals, civil procedure rules, compensation, copyright, damages, foreign jurisdictions, legislation, news, photography, statutory interpretation by sally

‘The infringement that was the subject of the appeal was the lifting of a fragment of a photo of the great man’s wedding photo in 1937 from the VisitWales.com website and its reuse on a website that advertises holiday cottages in Wales. Liability was not contested so the hearing before Deputy District Judge Vary was an assessment of damages only. According to paragraph [7] of Judge Hacon’s judgment, the learned deputy district judge awarded £250 on the user principle and declined to award additional damages under s.97 (2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“the CDPA”). He ordered the copyright owner to pay the infringer’s travelling expenses on the ground that the claimant had failed in its obligation under CPR 1.3 to help the court further the overriding objective by bringing proceedings in the Irish Republic for infringement of the corresponding Irish copyright and threatening similar proceedings in the USA to maximize cost and pressure on the defendant to settle.’

NIPC Law, 15th October 2017

Source: nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk

Who knows where the time goes? – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted October 5th, 2017 in construction industry, contracting out, contracts, damages, delay, news, time limits by sally

‘Einstein famously said that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. The nature of time is not an easy concept to grapple with and I had a similar (albeit not quite so ethereal) experience preparing a recent seminar on the practical effect of the decision in Carillion Construction v Emcor Engineering Services relating to contiguous (or rather non-contiguous) extensions of time.’

Practical Law: Construction Blog, 2nd October 2017

Source: constructionblog.practicallaw.com

Law Pod UK Ep. 11: The cost of surrogacy – a legitimate claim? – 1 COR

Posted October 2nd, 2017 in costs, damages, hospitals, negligence, news, surrogacy by sally

‘Rosalind English talks to David Prest about a recent High Court ruling on damages: Can someone who has been rendered infertile claim the costs of surrogacy abroad? A hospital admitted negligence in failing to diagnose the claimant’s cervical cancer. The chemotherapy and radiation treatment which followed rendered her infertile, but just before the treatment, her eggs were harvested and frozen. The court was asked to consider whether damages could include the cost of commercial surrogacy, an arrangement which is not legal in this country.’

Law Pod UK, 29th September 2017

Source: audioboom.com

Are surrogacy costs a legitimate claim? – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted October 2nd, 2017 in costs, damages, expenses, news, surrogacy by sally

‘Commercial surrogacy arrangements are considered to be against public policy in the UK and therefore illegal. Surrogacy in the UK is only legal where there is no intention to make a profit – though reasonable expenses are recoverable. Where legal surrogacy is
carried out the surrogate mother is the legal mother of the child. In this case the claimant had suffered injury due to the hospital’s failure to diagnose her cervical cancer in time. She had to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment which, amongst other things, damaged her uterus so she was unable to bear and carry a child. Before the treatment she had her eggs frozen.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 1st October 2017

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

Contaminated blood scandal: Victims win right to seek damages after thousands infected in 1970s and 80s – The Independent

Posted September 27th, 2017 in blood products, class actions, contamination, damages, disclosure, duty of care, government departments, health, HIV, news, notification by sally

‘Victims of the contaminated blood scandal in the 1970s and 80s have won the right to launch a High Court action for damages.’

The Independent, 26th September 2017

Source: www.independent.co.uk

The 14th Edition of the Judicial College Guidelines: A Brief Commentary – Zenith PI Blog

Posted September 25th, 2017 in damages, news, personal injuries by sally

‘On 17 September 2017 the new, 14th, Edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases was published: replacing the previous 13th Edition, published in September 2015.’

Zenith PI Blog, 22nd September 2017

Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com

Damages for Surrogacy Costs are Recoverable: A High Court Decision – Zenith PI Blog

Posted September 20th, 2017 in compensation, damages, news, surrogacy by sally

‘In XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWHC 2318 (QB) Sir Robert Nelson considered the difficult issue of damages for surrogacy costs.’

Zenith PI Blog, 19th September 2017

Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com

“All to play for” on Civil Liability Bill, personal injury leaders say – Legal Futures

Posted September 20th, 2017 in bills, damages, news, personal injuries, small claims by sally

‘Leading personal injury lawyers told yesterday’s PI Futures conference that there is “all to play for” on the Civil Liability Bill as a “nervous” governments seeks to avoid a damaging parliamentary defeat.’

Legal Futures, 20th September 2017

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Fatal accident damages: a recent case: life expectancy; damages for loss of services & loss of care & attention – Zenith PI

Posted September 11th, 2017 in accidents, compensation, damages, expert witnesses, health, judges, news, personal injuries, widows by sally

‘In Magill v Panel Systems (DB Limited) [2017] EWHC 1517 (QB) His Honour Judge Gosnell (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) considered some key issues relating to fatal accident damages.’

Zenith PI, 10th September 2017

Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com

Couple suing previous owners of house claim Facebook post proves they hid a flooding problem – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 4th, 2017 in damages, documents, home information packs, housing, internet, news, rescission, sale of land by sally

‘A couple whose garden has repeatedly flooded are suing the previous owners, claiming a Facebook photograph proves they were aware of the problem but failed to highlight it.’

Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2017

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Court approves £10k settlement over delays in providing sex education – Local Government Lawyer

Posted August 23rd, 2017 in consent, Court of Protection, damages, education, learning difficulties, local government, news, sexual offences by sally

‘The Court of Protection has approved a £10,000 damages settlement plus costs to a man with Down’s Syndrome and an associated learning difficulty over delays in the provision of sex education.’

Local Government Lawyer, 22nd August 2017

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP: bending the law on damages to the point of breaking? – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted August 22nd, 2017 in appeals, damages, loans, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘In 2006, Swynson Ltd proposed to lend £15m to finance a management buy-out. It instructed Lowick Rose LLP (then called Hurst, Morrison Thomson (HMT)) to carry out due diligence on the target company. HMT did so negligently. But for its negligence, the loan would not have been made.’

Hardwicke Chambers, 28th July 2017

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

CAT on a Hot Tin Roof: The implications for group actions of the MasterCard decision – Henderson Chambers

Posted August 22nd, 2017 in appeals, class actions, competition, damages, news, tribunals by sally

‘On 21 July, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) issued its decision dismissing an application for a collective proceedings order (“CPO”) in the MasterCard litigation (Walter Merricks v MasterCard Inc & ors [2017] CAT 16). It is a decision whose significance goes beyond the fact that it is a further illustration of the difficulties of advancing opt-out class actions. It remains the case that, despite nearly two years having elapsed since implementation of schedule 8 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, no CPO has been made, nor is one likely to be made at any time soon. Whilst the decision is subject to Mr Merricks’ right of appeal, this alerter briefly considers the implications for the management of class actions. In very broad terms, the decision underlines the requirements of a high level of precision and a sound and principled evidential basis in relation to: (1) the definition of the class; (2) the calculation of aggregate class damages; (3) the means for distributing damages within the class; and (4) the elements of a funding agreement.’

Henderson Chambers, 25th July 2017

Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk

Part 1: Nicholas Siddall on Employment Tribunal Costs: The Increased Relevance of the CPR? – Littleton Chambers

Posted August 22nd, 2017 in civil procedure rules, costs, damages, employment tribunals, news by sally

‘The amount of a costs order in the employment tribunal (ET) can be made subject to detailed assessment, to be carried out (either by the ET or by a county court) in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR) (rule 78, ET Rules). It was traditionally understood that this application of the CPR to ET procedure was limited to the assessment of the level of costs, as opposed to the separate question of whether costs should be ordered at all. As reflected in the CPR, “costs follow the event” in the civil courts. In contrast, the ET has a limited costs jurisdiction, which depends on the existence of improper or unreasonable conduct and the exercise of discretion in the presence of such conduct as to whether to award costs.’

Littleton Chambers, 24th July 2017

Source: www.littletonchambers.com

Judge backs Michael Barrymore in damages claim against police – The Guardian

Posted August 18th, 2017 in damages, news, police, wrongful arrest by sally

‘Entertainer Michael Barrymore is entitled to more than nominal damages from Essex police over a wrongful arrest which he says destroyed his career, a high court judge has ruled.’

The Guardian, 18th August 2017

Source: www.theguardian.com

The Sun to pay ‘substantial damages’ to ex EastEnders boss – BBC News

Posted August 4th, 2017 in damages, defamation, media, news by sally

‘The Sun newspaper is to pay “substantial damages” to former EastEnders boss Sean O’Connor, after wrongly accusing him of bullying.’

BBC News, 4th August 2017

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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