Category: Articles
28
Apr
21
Stop Press: Scottish courts determine Covid-19 refund claim in favour of pursuer
In one of the first cases on refunds in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic the Scottish Sheriff Court, in Dumfries & Galloway Council v NST Travel Group Limited [2021] 4 WLUK 156, has ...

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26
Apr
21
The Weekly Roundup: the Captain Sensible Edition
As well as bringing the annual 1CL Uncorking of the Sun Screen ceremony, this week has seen a number of notable case management decisions, and another determination by the Court of Justice of the ...

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23
Apr
21
Wormald v Ahmed – Part 36 Offers and the Death of a Protected Party
The sudden death of the claimant in a personal injury claim where there are substantial claims for future losses may cause the value of the claim to reduce radically overnight, leaving parties ...

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19
Apr
21
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 ...

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19
Apr
21
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 ...

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12
Apr
21
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 ...

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07
Apr
21
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 ...

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06
Apr
21
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, ...

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06
Apr
21
Qualified one-way cost shifting – recent case law and practice
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: David Thomson, ...

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01
Apr
21
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, ...

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