Category: Personal Injury
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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12
Apr
19
The Death of Travel Personal Injury Law? Some thoughts on X v Kuoni Travel Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 938; [2018] 1 WLR 3777 (May 2019)
Presented at the PEOPIL Conference, May 2019. Introduction Mrs X and her husband booked a 14 night all-inclusive package holiday to Sri ...

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03
Apr
19
Can you be found contributorily negligent for attempting your own suicide?
Suicide is a topic that many of us find difficult to discuss. Attempts on one's own life, particularly if unsuccessful, are not commonly spoken about, let alone raised in personal injury ...

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26
Mar
19
Disapplication of QOCS: Is failure to pay the trial fee sufficient?
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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22
Mar
19
Matthew v Sedman [2019] EWCA Civ 475: limitation in ‘midnight deadline’ cases
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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