“A Nottingham student who was given £54,000 damages after he injured his knee during training at a rugby club has been ordered to pay the money back.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who launched a £6m damages claim after being left paralysed when she hit her head on the bottom of a swimming pool during an impromptu late-night party has lost her high court action.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The National Trust was not to blame for the death of an 11-year-old schoolboy fatally crushed by a branch in woods in Norfolk, the High Court has decided.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The National Trust is being sued for damages after a boy was killed when a two-ton tree branch collapsed on to a school party at a stately home.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the death of a ‘vulnerable’ man in a police cell has found “staff failed” to protect him.”
BBC News, 25th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Failures by custody staff at Bath police station contributed directly to the death of a man found drunk in the street, an inquest has found.”
BBC News, 18th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers are poised to set out details of how the ‘military covenant’ will be enshrined in law after David Cameron admitted the government had performed a U-turn on the issue after months of pressure from campaigners.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two people have been found guilty of trying to sell an 11-month-old girl as a slave.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mohammed and others v Home Office [2011] EWCA Civ 351; [2011] WLR (D) 112
“The Home Office did not owe a common law duty of care to claimants applying for indefinite leave to remain for maladministration.”
WLR Daily, 29th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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“Shot Pc David Rathband said today he was suing his own force because he was left ‘a sitting duck’ when gunman Raoul Moat declared war on police.”
The Independent, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The case of a mentally ill man who attempted suicide after being discharged from hospital to a park bench has prompted mental health solicitors to call on lawyers to sue local authorities that fail to provide adequate healthcare for some of society’s most vulnerable members.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A key stroke error on a computer cost a breast cancer sufferer her life after two urgent letters asking her to go to hospital appointments were sent to the wrong address.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Disabled children and disabled adults need significant support from public bodies to help them lead ordinary lives. These groups require both specialist and targeted services and flexible universal services which can be adapted to their needs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Lynch v Ceva Logistic Ltd and another [2011] EWCA Civ 188; [ 2011] WLR (D) 66
“The owner of a warehouse who had the control of it (1) owed a duty under regulations 4 and 17 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and at common law to ensure that the place of work was safe for an employee of an independent contractor who was carrying out his work in the warehouse and (2) was entitled to assume that the independent contractor had given proper instructions to its employee as to how to carry out the work.”
WLR Daily, 28th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Robinson v PE Jones (Contractors) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 9; [2011] WLR (D) 4
“The builder/vendor of a building did not by reason of his contract to construct or to complete the building assume any liability in the tort of negligence in relation to defects in the building giving rise to purely economic loss.”
WLR Daily, 19th Janaury 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Desmond v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2011] EWCA Civ 3; [2011] WLR (D) 1
“In considering whether the chief officer’s statutory obligation under s 115(7) of the Police Act 1997 to provide information to the Criminal Records Bureau on a request for an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate (ECRC) had been carried out in a manner which, exceptionally where the relationship between claimant and defendant arose in a statutory context, gave rise to a breach of the common law duty of care towards the claimant, an important factor was the existence of other remedies such as a claim under art 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 13th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A man whose disabled sister was found dying in squalor in the North Tyneside home they shared has been jailed for her manslaughter.”
BBC News, 11th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A systemic failure to provide adequate nursing facilities and staffing contributed to the death of a diabetic, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 7th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ian Huntley, the Soham murderer, is suing the prison service after he allegedly had his throat slashed with a razor blade by another inmate, it emerged last night.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Army sniper is suing the Ministry of Defence over a ‘catastrophic error’ which put him and his family in danger of being kidnapped by al-Qaeda.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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