In two recent appeal cases have clarified the position of a defendant wishing to recover its cost from a claimant following discontinuance.
In Cartwright v Venduct [2018] EWCA Civ 1654 the Claimant sued two defendants. The Claimant settled against D1 by way of a Tomlin order. The Schedule of the Tomlin order provided for D1 to pay the Claimant a global sum for...
Read moreIn cases of proven motor insurance fraud there are a number of punitive measures which can potentially be visited upon perpetrators. Proceedings for committal for contempt remain the most powerful weapon in an insurer’s armoury for obvious reasons and because, it is the nature of such cases the prospect of the enforcement of any financial remedy may be...
Read moreIn Rees & Ors v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2018] EWCA Civ 1587, the Court of Appeal grappled with the question of whether a police officer had committed the tort of malicious prosecution where, as the trial judge found “…even if his methods are open to criticism, his motive was not”. Further they had to consider whether the...
Read moreKimathi & Ors v Foreign and Commonwealth Office [2018] EWHC 2066 (QB)
In what may be one of the longest civil High Court trials (223 days), on 2 August 2018, Stewart J handed down judgment in the first of 25 test cases to be heard to conclusion in the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation. This claim consists of claims for damages against the UK by over 40,000...
Read moreJudgment has today been handed down by the Central London County Court following a seven day trial in claims brought by relatives of Mr Dean Joseph, who was shot dead by an authorised firearms officer of the Metropolitan Police in the early hours of September 5th 2014 in Islington.
Mr Joseph was, at the time, holding his former partner at knifepoint, having...
Read moreThe inquest into the death of Nigel Thomas Handscomb has concluded that neglect contributed to his death. Mr Handscomb died on the 21st August 2017 at the age of 65 at University Hospital Lewisham from aspiration pneumonia and bronchopneumonia.
The Coroner found that there were several missed opportunities with respect...
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Angus Piper discusses the decision in Carter v Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group Ltd [2018] EWHC 1616 (QB), a reminder of a Claimant’s obligation regarding the burden of proof in personal injury claims, in an article first published on Lexis®PSL Personal Injury on 9 July 2018. Please click here for the article.
... Read moreThe Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal in James-Bowen (and Others) (Respondents) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Appellant) [2018] UKSC 40.
The Commissioner (Appellant) was represented in the Supreme Court by Andrew Warnock QC and Lisa Dobie. The Supreme Court held that employers / quasi employers do not owe a duty of care to their...
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