Susanna Bennett considers vicarious liability of a small company for a late night assault by its managing director 19 October 2018 Laura-Johnson (0) Small Company Held Vicariously Liable for Acts of Its Managing Director at Late Night Drinking Sessi [More]
£multi-million personal injury claim dismissed by Foskett J 27 June 2018 Angus-Piper (0) Pauline Carter v Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group Limited [2018] EWHC 1616 (QB) Angus Piper of 1 [More]
When is a supplier not a supplier? The Court of Appeal decision in X v Kuoni (2018) 03 May 2018 Jack-Harding (0) In X v Kuoni Travel Limited (2018) EWCA Civ 938 the Court of Appeal concluded that, for the pu [More]
Elite sport and Stress at work. By Simon Trigger and Tim Ransley 21 March 2018 Simon-Trigger (0) A few years back I pursued a claim on behalf of a lovely lady who was on the receiving end of the mo [More]
Admitting primary liability, subject to causation 09 March 2018 Andrew-Spencer travel (0) On 23 February 2018, in Worrall v Thomas Cook, DJ Hassall determined the meaning of an admission in [More]
"May" I serve by email? Did the Supreme Court get Barton wrong? 23 February 2018 Zachary-Bredemear case report, litigant in person, procedure, cpr (0) We have had two cases this week we have had decisions of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court g [More]
Part 36 v Part 45 – Which is winning Round 2? 10 November 2017 Ella-Davis case report, costs, cpr (0) The cost consequences on judgment of a Claimant beating a Part 36 offer in a fixed recoverable cost [More]
Does ‘fundamental dishonesty’ need to be explicitly pleaded and/or put to a claimant in cross-examination? 02 November 2017 Max-Wilson costs, cpr, evidence, personal injury (0) These questions have been answered in the recent Court of Appeal decision, Lorna Howlett & Justi [More]
The divisibility of psychiatric injury and taking the stress out of apportionment 01 August 2017 Jack-Harding (0) Over the past 9 years personal injury practitioners who have litigated occupational stress claims wi [More]
Costs Consequences of Late Acceptance of Part 36 Offers: recent guidance from the Court of Appeal 26 July 2017 Thomas-Crockett case report, costs, General, LP Part 36, procedure (0) It is a common issue: an early Part 36 Offer is made in a case prior to the claimant party being in [More]