Woman wins baby brain damage case – BBC News
“A woman who said she suffered brain damage during heart treatment as a baby at Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1985 has won a High Court compensation claim.”
BBC News, 26th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: negligence
£4m damages for ‘devoted’ mother – BBC News
“A mother who has devoted herself to her severely brain-damaged daughter for 29 years has been awarded £4.1m damages.”
BBC News, 24th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Throat cancer patient ‘starved to death’ after feeding tube blunder – The Times
“A hospital trust will have to pay damages after a patient who had undergone a successful operation for cancer was then inadvertently starved and poisoned to death.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
How to avoid a professional negligence claim – The Times
“Solicitors can learn several lessons from last year on how to avoid being accused of professional negligence.”
The Times, 28th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Vicario v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – Times Law Reports
Vicario v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Court of Appeal
“Police owed no duty of care to victims when taking a decision whether or not to prosecute a suspected offender, even where the decision took into account the interests of the victims.”
The Times, 4th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
A chance to have another go – The Times
“Lawyers are increasingly at risk from disgruntled clients. Once a court judgment was the end of a matter; now more and more unhappy litigants think they can come back for a second bite of the cherry — this time against their solicitors.”
The Times, 18th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Negligence claims could spell the end for a large law firm, say top lawyers – Legal Week
“Partners warn that litigation risks for law firms are mounting in the global marketplace in the wake of a spate of negligence claims, but firms have beefed up their risk management procedures. Michelle Madsen reports on the latest Big Question survey.”
Legal Week, 13th December 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
CPS decision on the death of Paul Coker – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service has today advised all concerned parties that there is insufficient evidence to charge any individuals with any offences in relation to the tragic death of Paul Coker at Plumstead Police Station, South London on 6 August 2005.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 15th November 2007
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Lambeth London Borough Council v Onayomake – Times Law Reports
Disproportionate exercise of judicial power
Lambeth London Borough Council v Onayomake
Court of Appeal
“Where a counterclaim had been made on substantial grounds in a possession action, it was a disproportionate exercise of judicial power to strike out a defence and counterclaim when the defendant’s legal representative had failed to file a check list on time.”
The Times, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication
£2.5m award over anorexia mistake – BBC News
“A woman has been awarded £2.5m in damages after her brain tumour was misdiagnosed by doctors who thought she was anorexic.”
BBC News, 30th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court says taxpayers can sue Revenue for errors – The Times
“Businesses or individuals who have lost out because of serious errors at Revenue and Customs will be able to sue for damages following a landmark legal victory yesterday.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Co Ltd and Another; Topping v Benchtown Ltd (formerly Jones Bros Preston Ltd); Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Grieves v F. T. Everard and Sons Ltd and Another – Times Law Reports
Pleural plaques provide no cause of action
House of Lords
“A person who developed pleural plaques as a result of having been negligently exposed to asbestos in the course of his employment could not sue his employers for negligence.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Southwark London Borough Council v Onayomake – WLR Daily
Southwark London Borough Council v Onayomake
“It was a disproportionate exercise of power to strike out a defence and counterclaim based on substantial grounds in a possession action merely because the defendant’s legal representative had failed to file a check list and had been late for the court management hearing to explain the failure.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Disabled teenager wins £5.5m compensation – Daily Telegraph
“A teenager from West Bromwich was awarded a compensation package of nearly £5.5 million today after a series of failures during his birth left him severely disabled.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Co Ltd and another; Topping v Bench Town Ltd (formerly Jones Bros Preston Ltd); Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Grieves v F T Everard & Sons Ltd and another – WLR Daily
“A person who developed pleural plaques as a result of having been negligently exposed to asbestos in the course of his employment, could not sue his employers for negligence because the presence of pleural plaques did not constitute actionable damage. Although pleural plaques indicated the presence in the lungs and pleura of asbestos fibres which could cause other life-threatening diseases such as asbestosis or mesothelioma, the risk of future illness was not actionable, neither was a psychiatric illness caused by the contemplation of that risk, and those three factors could not be aggregated so as to give rise to a cause of action.”
WLR Daily, 17th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Bee v Jenson (No 2) – Times Law Reports
Motorist can reclaim cost of hire car after accident
Court of Appeal
“A claimant whose car had been damaged by the defendant’s negligence could recover the reasonable cost of a replacement while his own car was being repaired even though the cost of that hire had been paid directly to the hire company by the claimant’s own insurers rather than by the claimant himself.”
The Times, 17th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Labour in crisis: staff shortages blamed for £665m payout in birth errors – The Independent
“Childbirth is claimed to be safer than ever. Yet the price paid by the NHS for deliveries going catastrophically wrong has risen 59 per cent to £259m – enough to fund the consultants and midwives needed to save thousands of babies and mothers from harm.”
The Independent, 8th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police resign over knife murder – The Times
“Two police officers were forced to resign last night over their failure to investigate a knife attack on a young father who was later murdered by one of a gang of his tormentors.”
The Times, 6th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Nationwide seeks £20m in law firm court case – The Times
“Nationwide, the building society, is suing Eversheds, one of the country’s largest law firms, for more than £20 million, claiming that it was given negligent advice on an allegedly fraudulent property deal.”
The Times, 26th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New laws give shareholders more power to sue directors for negligence – The Times
“Disgruntled shareholders in Northern Rock and other troubled British companies looking to pin blame on senior management will receive a boost next month with the introduction of new laws making it easier to sue individual company directors. ”
The Times, 24th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
