Personal Injury Archives - 1 Chancery Lane

Category: Personal Injury

Feb

Fundamental Dishonesty & Trials in Lockdown

Roger André joined 1 Chancery Lane in December 2020. He has a longstanding Civil Fraud Practice and his move to 1 Chancery Lane, whilst still residing in the North of England, enables him to offer ...

Feb

‘Failure to Remove’ Claims – the Decision in HXA v Surrey County Council, and an Update

It is over nineteen months since the Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in N v Poole BC [2019] UKSC 25, [2020] AC 780 considering whether social services authorities and their ...

Feb

The Lion and the Local Safety Standards Defence

Last week, the UK press reported the settlement of liability issues in a claim which had been listed to commence for trial (over 4 days) on Monday 25th January 2021: Fourgeaud v Africa ...

Jan

Personal Injury Briefing – January 2021

This briefing considers two recent cases that will be of interest to injury practitioners. The first, Head v Culver Heating Limited is an interesting decision in which the Court of Appeal ...

Jan

Briefing – Covid: Practice and Procedure

Although the start of 2021 has not been as auspicious as we would have wished, Happy New Year from all at 1 Chancery Lane. Despite everyone’s hopes that 2021 would start more favourably than ...

Jan

“But what about causation?”

Foster J handed down judgment in Norfolk CC v Durrant [2020] EWHC 3590 (QB) on 30 December 2020, in which she allowed the Defendant’s appeal on the basis that the trial judge had failed to ...

Dec

Webinar Recording: 1CL Festive Case Law Update

In their webinar yesterday, Sarah Prager, Lisa Dobie, Conor Kennedy and Richard Collier donned their Christmas jumpers and took attendees on a whistle stop tour of some of the key cases of 2020 in the ...

Dec

Webinar Recording: All you Need to Know about Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980

In their webinar yesterday, Christopher Pask and Richard Collier provided a comprehensive overview of Section 41 of the Highways Act. They covered: the statute important ...

Dec

1CL Wins Barristers’ Chambers of the Year at Personal Injury Awards

We are delighted to have won Barristers' Chambers of the Year Award at last night's Personal Injury Awards. The Personal Injury Awards highlight and celebrate the excellence of individuals and ...

Nov

Tenancy Announcement: Roger André

1 Chancery Lane is delighted to announce the arrival of Roger André. Roger is an experienced personal injury practitioner, with a particular specialism in ...

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