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For some reason QOCS doesn’t stop the court making an order for the claimant to pay the defendant’s costs; it just limits the extent to which the defendant can enforce that order.So what if the case partially succeeds, but partially fails, so…
Today, the Court of Appeal handed down their Judgment in Griffiths v TUI [2021] EWCA Civ 1442 (CA). Those travel practitioners who deal with food poisoning claims will be familiar with Mr Justice Martin Spencer’s judgment in this case last year, which…
We are delighted to announce that we have once again been shortlisted for Barristers’ Chambers of the Year in the Personal Injury Awards 2021.
Tom Little QC, who prosecuted Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard is Lawyer of the Week in the Times. The case attracted almost unprecedented publicity. To see the interview with Tom click
When: TBCPresenters: Grahame Aldous QC and Laura Elfield
In the first webinar of our Mediation Series, Laura Elfield and Grahame Aldous QC will be providing an insight into mediation and the top 10 things to consider when thinking about mediation. Laura and…
A little over two years ago I wrote an article about a then-unreported decision of the Court of Appeal which decided that it was possible for the Court in a QOCS case to set-off an order for costs in the defendant’s favour…
There have been a number of recent decisions on limitation; it is fertile ground for argument. One such recent decision is the case of Wilkins v University North Midlands NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2164 (QB) 30/7/21, in which Paul Stagg of 1CL…
The relevant Limitation Act 1980 provisions for Clinical Negligence actions:
Part I Ordinary Time Limits for Different Classes of Action
…Actions Founded on tort
Section 2. Time limit for actions founded on tort
…Actions founded on simple contract
Section 5. Time limit…
At a JSM in July 2021 Stuart McKechnie QC negotiated a substantial 7 figure settlement on behalf of a 55-year-old man who underwent an elective through-knee amputation 3 years post-accident.In the early stages of his case, well before the decision to undergo…
Grahame Aldous QC will be joining in with Stewarts Law on 6th October 2021 for a training session for medico-legal rehabilitation experts, training the next generation of rehabilitation experts in the fields of neurology and spinal cord injury.
