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Apr

The Obviousness of Risk

“To be alive at all involves some risk” – Harold MacMillan 1. On 5th July 2015, at approximately 2am, Christopher James returned to his bedroom at the White Lion ...

Apr

The Weekly Roundup: the Caterpillar Wars Edition

We’d be interested to know how many chargeable hours have been spent comparing caterpillar cakes recently; certainly we at 1CL have done very little else this week. Of course, nothing compares to ...

Apr

Webinar Recording: Managing Occupational Stress Claims

In Friday's webinar, Laura Johnson and Richard Collier provided an introduction to managing occupational stress claims. The session covered the fundamental legal principles and provided some ...

Apr

The Weekly Roundup: Timely Reminders

This week we thought we’d use a couple of recent cases to illustrate a pleading point and a procedural point surprisingly often forgotten, though naturally not by us. Next week we will bring you a ...

Apr

Case Summary: Kitover v Galmarley Ltd (t/a Bullionvault.com)

Maurice Rifat successfully recovers gold on behalf of a Claimant who had used a forged passport and a false identity to set up the account under which it was held. In Kitover v Galmarley Ltd ...

Apr

The Weekly Roundup: The Easter Edition

We hope that our readers will, like the team, have returned to work much refreshed and raring to go after the Easter Bank Holiday break. The 1CL Easter Egg Hunt was a predictably competitive affair, ...

Apr

Qualified one-way cost shifting – recent case law and practice

PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: David Thomson, ...

Apr

Duty of care challenged in after school club injury case

It is important to remember that reasonable supervision by teachers does not require them to see every action of every pupil, no matter what the circumstances might be. Indeed, over-supervision, ...

Mar

The Weekly Roundup: the Summer of Sport Edition

As you would expect, from midnight last night the team at 1CL have been a blur of sporting activity, dusting down the various 1CL bats, clubs and racquets and venturing forth to participate in the ...

Mar

Fundamental dishonesty — recent case law and practice

PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: David Thomson, barrister at 1 Chancery Lane, examines how fundamental dishonesty operates in practice by considering recent case law and developments. Any ...

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