Category: Articles
29
Sep
20
Fundamental Dishonesty – recent decisions and practical steps for practitioners
Personal Injury analysis: Dominique Smith, barrister specialising in Personal Injury at 1 Chancery Lane, discusses the latest developments in relation to fundamental dishonesty, including how the ...

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29
Sep
20
Bereavement Awards for Cohabitees
Earlier this year we reported on the increase in the bereavement award under s.1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976, and the ...

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28
Sep
20
The Weekly Roundup: the Duran Duran Edition
Busy practitioners could be forgiven for missing the latest amendment to the Fatal Accidents Act 1976, s.1A of which will now enable cohabitees to claim for statutory bereavement under s.1A(3). The ...

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24
Sep
20
BREAKING NEWS: Government seek to extend moratorium on the issue of Statutory Demands and Winding Up Petitions, prohibition on Termination Clauses and modification to eligibility for the new Moratorium procedure
There has been much speculation, but little certainty, as to whether the government intended to extend the provisions of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the 2020 Act). Today ...

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23
Sep
20
Clinical negligence — recent decisions and practical steps for practitioners
Personal Injury analysis: Laura Johnson, barrister specialising in clinical negligence and personal injury at 1 Chancery Lane, discusses the latest developments in relation to clinical negligence, ...

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21
Sep
20
The Weekly Roundup: the Kylie Edition
We were sorry to learn this week that On the Beach and Loveholidays, the two largest online travel agents in the UK and third and fourth largest ATOL holders, have resigned as members of ABTA. We have ...

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14
Sep
20
The Weekly Roundup: the Madonna Edition
We at 1CL admire and encourage commitment to a cause, but even we blanched this week when we read of the determination of a 20 year old Slovenian woman, Julija Adlesic, who cut off her own hand with a ...

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07
Sep
20
The Weekly Roundup: the Activist Edition
Last week we at 1CL watched with interest as the Home Office, Bar Council and Law Society slugged it out over whether it’s appropriate to describe immigration lawyers as ‘activist’ lawyers.

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01
Sep
20
The Weekly Roundup: the Bowie Edition
In an eerie echo of last week’s report that the Portuguese President had rescued a couple of kayaking tourists, this week we read of the small child on an inflatable unicorn pulled from the water ...

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28
Aug
20
Dominique Smith successful in a food poisoning appeal
Dominique recently represented the Appellants in Robin Turpin (1) Jane Turpin (2) v TUI UK Limited (2020).   The Appellants had originally brought a claim against the Respondent ...

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