2019 - Page 5 of 8 - 1 Chancery Lane

Year: 2019

Feb

Supreme Court judgment in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd

Today, the Supreme Court handed down their judgment in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd. The case concerned whether a claimant could amend their claim form (and consequently, ...

Feb

The Government Actuary’s Department: moving towards the review of the discount rate

“After the Civil Liability Bill received Royal Assent on 20 December 2018 the Lord Chancellor has 90 days to start a review of the rate and then must determine the rate within 140 days of the review ...

Feb

Post-implementation review of Jackson Reforms

The Government has published its (long overdue) review of LASPO Part 2. It's worth a read in full, though probably the most important points to take from it are: 1) the Government is largely satisfied ...

Feb

Social media companies to owe duty of care to users?

The report The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee published on the 31st January 2019 a report entitled "Impact of social media and screen-use on young people’s ...

Feb

Fundamental dishonesty – can inconsistencies in evidence be excused by blaming solicitors or doctors?

Throughout the course of litigation, inconsistencies in a claimant's, or a defendant's, evidence may crop up. Often, parties may lay the blame for any inconsistencies in their evidence at their ...

Jan

Brookes v Park Resorts

This case arose as a result of the Claimant alleging that she had fallen down a single step which was dimly lit in a clubhouse of the Defendants premises. Facts The facts ...

Apr

Lord Faulks QC and Laura Johnson successful in Court of Appeal consent case

Diamond v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 585 Lord Faulks QC and Laura Johnson have successfully resisted an appeal on causation in a case ...

Mar

Public Authority Briefing – Recent decisions

In this inaugural briefing for our Public Law Group, Saleem Khalid and Richard ...

Mar

Disapplication of QOCS: Is failure to pay the trial fee sufficient?

QOCS, otherwise known as Qualified One-way Costs Shifting, leaves defendants out of pocket when defending claims, unless a defendant can satisfy one of the few exceptions in the Civil Procedure Rules ...

Mar

Matthew v Sedman [2019] EWCA Civ 475: limitation in ‘midnight deadline’ cases

Suppose you are under a professional obligation to do an act by no later than the end of 2 June, in default of which your client will suffer immediate loss. You can comply with your obligation by ...

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