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Category: Personal Injury

Nov

The “Illegality” Defence and the Supreme Court

1 Chancery Lane has long had a reputation for appellate advocacy at the highest level. Last week Andrew Warnock Q.C. and Maurice Rifat were successful in the ...

Nov

Illegality: An Overview by Maurice Rifat

The normal role of the courts is to decide cases according to the law, and in doing so to provide a just resolution to the dispute between the parties. The illegality defence operates to prevent the ...

Nov

Illegality in the Supreme Court: Three Lessons for Property Lawyers from Stoffel & Co v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42

Property lawyers are well-versed in the difficulties the defence of “illegality” presents. Tinsley v Milligan itself concerned whether a party could establish a resulting trust if they ...

Nov

Illegality: A professional negligence perspective of Stoffel & Co v Grondona

As well as the very strong public interest in deterring mortgage frauds, another very important public interest was in issue in this case: that conveyancing solicitors (and by analogy other ...

Nov

Mental health, manslaughter and the illegality defence – an analysis of Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

The facts of Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2020] UKSC 43 are undeniably tragic: whilst in the grip of a severe psychotic episode Ms Henderson killed her ...

Oct

Webinar Recording: Fraud and Fundamental Dishonesty: tackling disingenuous personal injury claims

Yesterday, Simon Trigger and Dominique Smith discussed the topic of fundamental dishonesty. They covered the relevant case law and talked about some things to look out for. They also discussed ...

Oct

Francesca O’Neill successful in striking out £10 million PI claim in the High Court

Francesca O’Neill successful in striking out £10 million personal injury claim in the High Court. Francesca represented the Secretary of State for Justice in this claim brought by a foreign ...

Oct

A Problem and a Swift Engagement of Revers(ionary) Gear

Following the much anticipated decision of the Court of Appeal in Swift v Carpenter John Ross QC and Thomas Yarrow provide a comprehensive analysis of the difficulties accommodation claims ...

Oct

Success for Jack Harding as claim against Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority dismissed

Oct

Webinar Recording: Accommodation Claims – First Impressions of Swift v Carpenter

Yesterday, Edward Bishop QC and Angus Piper took a look at the problem of accommodation claims, in light of the Court of Appeal's judgment in Swift v Carpenter which was handed down on ...

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