Tuesday, 09 April 2019 00:00
The Gazette reports on an interesting County Court case where an interim costs order has been granted to solicitors where the full value of the claim will not be quantified until 2022.
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 00:00
We reported in our February 2019 edition (p16) on three recent cases involving vicarious liability in an employment context.
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Thursday, 14 March 2019 00:00
The SC has recently given a judgment on solicitor’s professional negligence. The case involved a retired miner.
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Thursday, 14 March 2019 00:00
An interesting statistic: in recent years travel sickness claims have increased by 500% despite reports of sickness in resorts having stayed stable or even decreased.
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Wednesday, 13 February 2019 00:00
Part 36 of the CPR allows a claimant or defendant to make an offer of settlement before trial. If the offer is not accepted and the opposing party does not meet the offer at trial, the court may impose severe costs and/or interest penalties.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2018 00:00
A school student had put on her PE kit, and was running to the hockey field. On the way she deviated from the path, and slipped on some mud. She fell, and hurt her elbow.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2018 00:00
A credit hire contract will say that the hirer must pay the credit hire charges. It will also say that those charges can be deferred while they are recovered from the negligent third party.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2018 00:00
There are many obstacles to bringing a travel sickness claim. Indeed, such claims have been actively discouraged by the CA judgment in Wood [2017]:
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Tuesday, 11 December 2018 00:00
Can a defendant bring a PI counterclaim, and then claim the benefit of QOCS (qualified one-way costs shifting)?
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Friday, 16 November 2018 00:00
The Supreme Court has given an important decision in finding that a hospital receptionist was negligent because she gave a misleading waiting time.
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