‘Extra legal protection is to be given to people carrying out good deeds, volunteering or planning local events who end up being involved in liability claims, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of man who was killed with a lethal dose of a painkiller by a German doctor said they are “astonished” he will not be extradited to the UK.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that Yorkshire law firm Raleys was negligent in its handling of a claim under the government compensation scheme for ex-miners suffering from vibration white finger (VWF).’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An internet banner advertisement by an Essex law firm which showed a woman’s face above the slogan “awarded £40,000 after cosmetic surgery – claim now” was misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 21st May 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Devon firm has won an appeal against a £186,000 damages award for professional negligence following a conveyancing row with a former client.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th May 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A farmer who owned a bull or cow which killed a walker has been cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence..’
BBC News, 7th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 85% of people injured or made ill at work do not recover any compensation, a new report has stated.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th April 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 20 months for neglecting his elderly mother and defrauding her of thousands of pounds.’
BBC News, 7th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two NHS trusts have admitted failures in the care of a father of two who was found hanged in a hospital toilet.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An unprecedented rise in court actions is placing a huge burden on the Ministry of Defence and could have the unintended consequence of leading to even more civilian casualties, according to a report by MPs.’
The Guardian, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The new Hillsborough inquests begin today in Warrington, almost 25 years after Britain’s worst sporting disaster and 18 months after the verdicts in the original inquests were quashed.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Leading London law firm Withers has been ordered to pay £1.6m in damages after the High Court upheld a claim of professional negligence over the drafting of an LLP agreement.’
Legal Futures, 13th March 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Martin Burns provides five important factors to consider when instructing an expert witness (or acting as one).’
New Law Journal, 28th February 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘In the current moral panic about neknominate and people dropping dead after drinking two pints of gin, the “something must be done brigade” are suggesting that one of the things that might be done is to hold neknominators criminally responsible for their actions and the deaths of their neknominees.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 26th February 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Regina v Price and another [2014] EWCA Crim 229; [2013] WLR (D) 86
‘The standard of care required to avoid the service offence of negligent performance of a duty, contrary to section 15(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, was to be measured against the standard to be expected of the reasonable serviceman having similar training, knowledge and experience as the accused. A subjective consideration of a defendant’s skills or weaknesses had no place in the objective judgment whether the defendant had reached the appropriate standard of care.’
WLR Daily, 21st February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A maintenance worker has been jailed over the death of a girl who fell 60ft (18m) from a balcony in Sheffield.’
BBC News, 14th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 11th December 2013 the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Davidson v Aegis [2013] EWCA Civ 1586. The case provides a useful and up to date reminder of the applicable principles when a Court is asked to use section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 to disapply the primary limitation period in a personal injuries action.’
Zenith Chambers, 5th February 2014
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘It can be difficult at the best of times to establish liability in claims involving pedestrians. Expert evidence should, hopefully, make the task easier, but this case is a useful reminder that even seemingly robust expert evidence may not be enough for a party to succeed.’
Zenith Chambers, 5th February 2014
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Cramaso LLP v Ogilvie-Grant (Earl of Seafield) and others [2014] UKSC 9; [2014] WLR (D) 64
‘A contracting party could be liable in negligence for a representation made in pre-contractual negotiations which induced the conclusion of the contract by someone other than the original representee.’
WLR Daily, 12th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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