Category: Articles
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On 31st March 2019 the Home Secretary announced that he was giving more power to the police to exercise the power contained in section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 ...
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Sherratt v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police [2018] EWHC; 1746 (QB)
[2019] P.I.Q.R. P1
This is a ...
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Apr
19
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 ...
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Mar
19
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 ...
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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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Medical reports are often meticulously scrutinised in personal injury claims. They provide an overview of the claimant's personal account to his or her expert of their symptomatology, past medical ...
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The Lord Chancellor will announce later today that the first review of the personal injury discount rate under the Damages Act 1996 as amended by the Civil Liability Act 2018 will start on 19 March ...
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I have seen this decision reported in a number of places online and it seems to be both important and interesting, so thought I'd add something brief here.
The High Court has given much needed ...
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Mar
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The High Court has recently considered the circumstances in which it is appropriate to grant anonymity orders under CPR 39.2(4) and the stage at which such applications should be made.
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