Category: Personal Injury
21
Oct
16
“Physically prevented” from accessing the court office: a cautionary tale to claimants intending to issue on the day of expiry.
The case of Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [1973] Q.B. 36 enshrined the principle that if the time limit for making a claim expires on a non-working day, a claimant can nevertheless bring a ...

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15
Mar
16
Crystal ball gazing: how does a judge assess loss of chance?

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24
Feb
16
A predictable revolution: Knauer v Ministry of Defence in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has today handed down its judgment [2016] UKSC 9 in the 'leapfrog' appeal to it from the decision of Bean J in Knauer v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 2553 (QB). Bean ...

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30
Dec
15
T’is the season to be techie ….!
This is the time of year for families …. and for gadgets. Lots of them! In particular, smartphones. An average 65% of children in the UK aged between 8 and 11 now have their own smartphone. This ...

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11
Nov
15
Stroke Caused By Beauty Facial Case Settles
  Claims against negligent beauticians and the like are not altogether uncommon. The injuries tend to be ...

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30
Oct
15
Loss of future earnings and disability
A claimant is “disabled” for the purposes of Tables A – D of the Ogden ...

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24
Sep
15
Health and safety and self-employment – where do the boundaries lie?
Regular readers of the piblawg will no doubt recall previous posts discussing the various ...

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25
Jun
15
Car vs Cyclist: Apportionment of liabilty
Fenella Sinclair (A protected person by her litigation friend & daughter) v Rachel Joyner [2015] EWHC 1800 (QB). The ...

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29
Apr
15
Negligence, false imprisonment and a surprising decision on contributory negligence: Liability of a taxi driver to a passenger detained in his vehicle injured jumping out
The case of Hicks v Young [2015] EWHC 1144 (QB) is extremely sad based, as the judge found, on a tragic ...

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01
Apr
15
Employer not liable for employee killed in air disaster
Yesterday, Mr Justice Coulson delivered an extensive ...

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