Category: Personal Injury
25
Sep
19
The demise of Thomas Cook: where do travel claims stand?
We all woke up to the news that Thomas Cook had collapsed, entering into compulsory liquidation. Not only was this troubling news for holidaymakers due to go on holiday, and indeed those stranded ...

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18
Sep
19
Judgment – Penelope Smith v The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
HHJ Berkley gave judgment for the Defendant this week in Winchester County Court in the claim of Penelope Smith v The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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17
Sep
19
Avoiding being negligent – How to understand and litigate pension loss claims
Paul Stagg, author of the Pension Loss chapter in Kemp & Kemp, will be speaking today at the PIBA Seminar on Avoiding ...

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04
Jul
19
Costs set off in QOCS cases
Consider the following, not unusual, scenario. In a case subject to QOCS, a defendant makes an early offer to settle. The claimant does not accept the offer and runs the case to trial. The claim ...

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26
Jun
19
Personal Injury Briefing – June 2019
Recent years have seen the Courts being better equipped to deal with the question of how to deal with claimants who falsify or exaggerate claims. As a body of case law begins to develop, this issue of ...

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06
Jun
19
CN v Poole Borough Council
Executive Summary of the Decision of the Supreme Court Handed Down on June 6th 2019 The Supreme Court dismissed the claimants’ appeal on a unanimous basis, upholding the striking out of their ...

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23
May
19
Sabotaging your own claim: how Facebook can lead to committal proceedings
It is commonplace for social media posts to form part of personal injury litigation. They can be provided by parties in the course of disclosure or uncovered throughout the life of proceedings, often ...

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23
May
19
High Court dismisses a fundamentally dishonest PI claim: a review of Patel v Aviva & Zurich
There have been several interesting judgments concerning fundamental dishonesty that have been handed down over the last year. The recent judgment of Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke, sitting as a High ...

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25
Apr
19
Hot drinks and burns: what are a vendor’s duties when serving hot drinks to customers?
Customers can sometimes sustain injuries when purchasing hot drinks from vendors, particularly if the contents of their drink escapes from the mouth of the lid, if the lid is not secured properly, or, ...

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12
Apr
19
1 Chancery Lane shortlisted for British Claims Awards 2019
Chambers is delighted to announce that 1 Chancery Lane has been shortlisted for Barristers' Chambers of the Year, at The British Claims Awards 2019. 

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