Category: Personal Injury
30
Nov
20
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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25
Nov
20
Inquests Briefing – November 2020
There have been a number of recent developments of interest to those who practice in the coroners’ courts. As a result the 1 Chancery Lane Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence groups have joined ...

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23
Nov
20
Heading the ball – Part of the game or an industrial disease.
The diagnosis at the beginning of November 2020 of Sir Bobby Charlton with dementia follows on from four other members of the 1966 World Cup starting 11 also being diagnosed with the same disease.

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20
Nov
20
Andrew Warnock wins Personal Injury Silk of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards
We are delighted to announce that Andrew Warnock QC has been named ...

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17
Nov
20
Personal Injury Briefing, Highway Claims – November 2020
The Personal Injury team at 1 Chancery Lane bring you an early Christmas gift to usher out 2020: The Highways Compendium. A high point we hope as a difficult year draws to a close. We recognise ...

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06
Nov
20
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 ...

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06
Nov
20
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 ...

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06
Nov
20
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 ...

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06
Nov
20
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 ...

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06
Nov
20
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 ...

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