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02
Dec
19
TATLA Newsletter December 2019
We end the year on a jurisdictional theme: a case-note on the Court of Appeal’s decision in the recent Lugano Convention case of JSC Commercial Bank v Kolomoisky & ...
27
Nov
19
Edward Faulks QC shortlisted in The Legal 500 UK awards 2020 as Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year
We are pleased to announce that after extensive research Edward Faulks QC has been shortlisted for the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year in The Legal 500 UK 2020 awards. ...
01
Nov
19
Recent Tort Gateway Decisions
In two recent decisions the Courts have again considered the tort gateway (see, CPR Part 6, PD, paragraph 3.1(9)(a)) in the context of a jurisdictional challenge by a Defendant domiciled outside the ...
25
Oct
19
QOCS mix-up: “mixed” claims in the Court of Appeal
Introduction Where a claimant brings a “mixed” claim (i.e. they claim damages for personal injury and in the same proceedings also claim non-personal injury damages or other ...
25
Oct
19
QOCS and mixed claims
If Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 was argued today, would Ms Donoghue have had QOCS protection? Not if she had been claiming for the cost of another bottle of ginger beer, as ...
08
Oct
19
Terence Wong
1 Chancery Lane is pleased to announce that Terence Wong has taken up a post in the British Virgin Islands. He will be joining Appleby and will be called to the Bar of ...
27
Sep
19
Costs Budgeting Update: CCMC costs ARE incurred
Although District Judges have been taking the view that the costs of the CCMC at which costs budgeting is taking place are incurred for the purpose of budgeting for future costs, this has now ...
25
Sep
19
The demise of Thomas Cook: where do travel claims stand?
We all woke up to the news that Thomas Cook had collapsed, entering into compulsory liquidation. Not only was this troubling news for holidaymakers due to go on holiday, and indeed those stranded ...
18
Sep
19
Judgment – Penelope Smith v The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
HHJ Berkley gave judgment for the Defendant this week in Winchester County Court in the claim of Penelope Smith v The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
17
Sep
19
Avoiding being negligent – How to understand and litigate pension loss claims
Paul Stagg, author of the Pension Loss chapter in Kemp & Kemp, will be speaking today at the PIBA Seminar on Avoiding ...
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