“A British businessman left in a wheelchair after he collided with a tree during a skiing holiday is suing his tour operators for millions of pounds.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A High Court hearing to decide who is liable for damage of up to £1 billion suffered by the victims of the Buncefield oil depot explosion continues today.”
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Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple have been threatened with legal action by a midwife after she tripped over a child’s buggy at their home while visiting their newborn twins.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Birgit Green, 63, was walking along a public footpath at a nature reserve when a section of the wooden bridge’s planking collapsed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Labour Party campaigner is suing a dog owner for £15,000 over claims his pet bit off his finger.”
BBC News, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A shopper in North Yorkshire is being sued by a Tesco delivery driver who claims he was injured when he tripped over on his driveway.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
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“Two Thomas Cook workers are to face trial in Greece over the deaths of two British children killed following a gas leak at a Corfu hotel.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sarah Carberry, 27, was given an epidural injection but claims it failed to work and she suffered 40 minutes of agony.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bailey v Ministry of Defence and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where medical science could not establish the probability that but for an act of negligence an injury would not have happened but could establish that the contribution of the negligent cause was more than negligible, the ‘but for’ test was modified and the claimant would succeed.”
The Times, 26th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal
“A judge imposed an unreasonably high standard of care in holding that children playing on a bouncy castle hired by parents for a children’s party required uninterrupted supervision.”
The Times, 25th August 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 Tesco customer is being pursued for compensation by one of the supermarket chain’s home deliverymen months after he slipped on a driveway during a routine drop-off.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A war widow has won £20,000 damages after a botched plumbing job left her trapped beneath a heavy electric heater for more than 24 hours.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Harris v Perry and another [2008] EWCA Civ 907; [2008] WLR (D) 278
“It was not reasonably foreseeable that boisterous play on a bouncy castle would involve a significant risk of serious harm and, therefore, parents who hired a bouncy castle for a children’s party did not have a duty of care to keep the children playing on it under uninterrupted supervision.”
WLR Daily, 1st August 2008
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.
“Coming out of hospital with an injured finger could earn you £75,000. The NHS may have to cough up £9 billion in lawsuits. Is compensation culture killing our health service?”
The Times, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A couple who were found liable for £1million-worth of damages for an accident on a bouncy castle that left a boy brain-damaged have won their appeal against the ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bailey (by her father and litigation friend) v Ministry of Defence and another [2008] EWCA Civ 883
“Where medical science could not establish the probability that ‘but for’ an act of negligence an injury would not have happened, but could establish that the contribution of the negligent cause was more than negligible, the ‘but for’ test was modified and the claimant would succeed.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2008
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.
Court of Appeal
“A cause of action for damages against the government for failure to implement Community law resulting in failure to provide a remedy in a personal injury case accrued as soon as some measurable damage had been suffered The Court of Appeal so stated when dismissing the appeals of: (i) Derek Keith Spencer against the dismissal of his claim by Mr Justice Holland ([2007] EWHC 1775 (QB)) and (ii) Kenneth Dudley Moore against the dismissal of his claim by Mr Justice Eady ([2007] EWHC 879 (QB)).”
The Times, 24th July 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.
“People injured in road accidents will be able to claim damages more quickly under a fast-track claims process announced by ministers yesterday.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Personal injury (PI) lawyers have slammed the Ministry of Justice for its failure to implement far-reaching reform of the claims process.”
The Lawyer, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A mother of two has won more than £800,000 at the High Court after she claimed that a radical detox diet left her brain-damaged and epileptic.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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