‘The Appellant was a firm of solicitors against whom the Respondent, on behalf of the late Mr Watkins’ estate, continued Mr Watkins’ claim in professional negligence following his death in 2014.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 10th February 2020
Source: hardwicke.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
‘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
‘Covert recording is featuring increasingly in both employment and personal injury law – and the ramifications of recent decisions are yet to be fully played out. Two recent cases consider the issue from both sides in the workplace; Phoenix, featured covert recording by an employee and López considered covert surveillance by employers.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 4th February 2020
Source: www.12kbw.co.uk
‘In Carol Sammut v The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (2019, QB), Judge Allen, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge dismissed the Claimant’s clinical negligence claim against the Defendant NHS Trust pursuant to section 57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 31st January 2020
Source: www.12kbw.co.uk
‘The Claimant sustained serious head injuries when he fell from the back of a vehicle when delivering goods in the course of his employment with the Defendant. The tail lift on the vehicle had been lowered by the Claimant. Shortly afterwards he had either stepped backwards or lost his footing, falling approximately one metre to the ground.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 3rd February 2020
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘The Claimant suffered from moderately severe cerebral palsy resulting from a short period acute brain hypoxia in the minutes preceding her delivery in February 2002.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 27th January 2020
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘A postwoman whose fingers were bitten off by a dog as she put a card through a letterbox is suing Royal Mail for £50,000 compensation.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In Neil Carroll v Michael Taylor, Michael Doyle, Emms Taxis Limited & QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited [2020] EWHC 153 QB the facts were relatively straightforward; Mr Carroll hailed a black cab driven by the First Defendant and owned by the Second Defendant after a night out drinking. Rather than taking him home, the First Defendant firstly stole his debit card (in fact swopping it for the debit card he had stolen from a previous fare) and then secondly when the First Defendant asked him to stop so he could get cash out, watched as the First Defendant (presumably repeatedly) put in his pin number, not realising that his attempt to obtain cash was doomed to failure as he was using somebody else’s card. Having thus obtained his pin number, the First Defendant then drove away leaving Mr Carroll stranded (and indeed within a short period of time removed £220 from Mr Carroll’s account with the ill-gotten card and pin number).’
Park Square Barristers, 31st January 2020
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘The Claimant suffered from moderately severe cerebral palsy resulting from a short period acute brain hypoxia in the minutes preceding her delivery in February 2002.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 27th January 2020
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘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
‘The facts of the case were straightforward. The Claimant was riding his motorcycle along a road for which the Local Authority were responsible when he fell and injured himself as a result of a pothole. A claim was brought against the Local Authority. Liability was denied, but after proceedings were served the case settled for a sum of £800.’
Guildhall Chambers, 17th January 2020
Source: www.guildhallchambers.co.uk
‘In the landmark decision in Jet2 Holidays Limited v Hughes & Hughes [2019] EWCA Civ 1858, the Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton MR, Hamblen and Flaux LJJ) confirmed that the High Court has jurisdiction to commit for contempt of court in respect of false witness statements made under a pre-action protocol (PAP) even though proceedings were never issued.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th January 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Personal injury analysis: Convincing telematics evidence, coupled with evidence of social media links between the claimant and defendant, was sufficient for a road traffic accident claim to be dismissed and findings of fundamental dishonesty to be made against both the claimant and first defendant. Fundamental dishonesty will be pursued by an insurance company even if the finding is made against their own insured. Emily Formby discusses the case for Lexis PSL.’
39 Essex Chambers, 7th January 2020
Source: www.39essex.com
‘The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has decided not to launch judicial review proceedings over the previous government’s decision to raise the discount rate, but only to -0.25%.’
Litigation Futures, 17th December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A disabled woman has been awarded £5,000 in an out-of-court settlement after being called a “lying bitch” by a welfare official in formal legal papers after challenging a decision to cut her disability benefits.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A solicitor who spent £46,600 of a disabled client’s interim payments on costs and disbursements instead of on rehabilitation, has been fined £50,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 13th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has allowed a claimant to recover costs outside the personal injury protocol after they upped the value of the claim from £5,000 to more than £25,000. In the process, a deputy master rejected the defendant’s application that claimant solicitors effectively misled the court about the claim’s true value.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th December 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A partner who said she felt “threatened and intimidated” by clients who would not accept her advice to discontinue has been struck off for lying about the progress of their cases.’
Legal Futures, 9th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The average time between a small claim being issued and going to trial continues to spiral upwards ahead of the reforms which will send hundreds of thousands of personal injury claims into the system.’
Litigation Futures, 6th December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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