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2020

Webinar Recording: Brexit: What to Do and When to Do It

In their webinar yesterday, Sarah Prager and Andrew Spencer covered the fundamental changes to the legal landscape in relation to jurisdiction and enforcement following the end of the Transition Period on 31st December.

These two very experienced members of chambers also discussed…

1CL Weekly Webinar: 1CL Festive Case Law Roundup

In 1CL’s last webinar of the year, Sarah Prager, Lisa Dobie, Conor Kennedy and Richard Collier don their Christmas jumpers and take attendees on a whistle stop tour of some of the key cases of 2020 in the areas of Personal Injury,…

Puberty blocking drugs for gender dysphoria: High Court hands down critical ruling

Last week judgment was handed down in the case of Tavistock v Bell [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), a landmark judicial review of medical treatment for gender dysphoria in minors. In a nutshell, the Divisional Court, comprising Dame Victoria Sharp, Lord Justice…

The Weekly Roundup: the Advent Edition

The team is feeling festive this week; the puddings are made, the tree is dressed, the Christmas madeira is decanted, and the 1CL choir is practising its carol singing. And what better to add to the generally joyous air than yet another…

Andrew Ritchie QC successfully settles Cauda Equina clinical negligence claim for £2.75 million

Andrew Ritchie QC, representing the claimant (aged 51), settled this Cauda Equina clinical negligence claim for £2.75 million. The hospital admitted negligently failing to diagnose a lumbar prolapsed disc which put pressure on the Cauda Equina causing bladder, bowel, genital and leg…

Compensation Recovery Unit Overpayments declared incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in certain circumstances

Since at least 2003, when the judgment in Lowther v Chatwin [2003] EWCA Civ 729 was handed down, the Courts have been alive to a limited set of circumstances in which the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”)…

Webinar Recording: All you Need to Know about Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980

In their webinar yesterday, Christopher Pask and Richard Collier provided a comprehensive overview of Section 41 of the Highways Act.

They covered:

the statute
important cases
things to look out for
useful evidential pointers
less typical situations,…

1CL Weekly Webinar: Brexit: What to Do and When to Do It – A tour of Brussels, Lugano and The Hague

In this webinar, Sarah Prager and Andrew Spencer cover the fundamental changes to the legal landscape in relation to jurisdiction and enforcement following the end of the Transition Period on 31st December.

These two very experienced members of chambers also discuss how…

Special Briefing: Cruise and Maritime Claims: Liability and Limitation

This paper originally formed the basis of a presentation to APIL on 3 December 2020. The law is accurate as at 6 November 2020

Introduction

This paper considers two liability and limitation regimes: the Athens Convention; and, the Convention on Limitation of…

1CL Wins Barristers’ Chambers of the Year at Personal Injury Awards

We are delighted to have won Barristers’ Chambers of the Year Award at last night’s Personal Injury Awards.

The Personal Injury Awards highlight and celebrate the excellence of individuals and organisations across the personal injury sector. The objectives of the awards are…

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