Category: Personal Injury
01
Apr
21
Duty of care challenged in after school club injury case
It is important to remember that reasonable supervision by teachers does not require them to see every action of every pupil, no matter what the circumstances might be. Indeed, over-supervision, ...

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26
Mar
21
Fundamental dishonesty — recent case law and practice
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: David Thomson, barrister at 1 Chancery Lane, examines how fundamental dishonesty operates in practice by considering recent case law and developments. Any ...

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26
Feb
21
Fundamental Dishonesty & Trials in Lockdown
Roger André joined 1 Chancery Lane in December 2020. He has a longstanding Civil Fraud Practice and his move to 1 Chancery Lane, whilst still residing in the North of England, enables him to offer ...

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01
Feb
21
The Lion and the Local Safety Standards Defence
Last week, the UK press reported the settlement of liability issues in a claim which had been listed to commence for trial (over 4 days) on Monday 25th January 2021: Fourgeaud v Africa ...

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28
Jan
21
Personal Injury Briefing – January 2021
This briefing considers two recent cases that will be of interest to injury practitioners.  The first, Head v Culver Heating Limited is an interesting decision in which the Court of Appeal ...

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20
Jan
21
Briefing – Covid: Practice and Procedure
Although the start of 2021 has not been as auspicious as we would have wished,  Happy New Year from all at 1 Chancery Lane. Despite everyone’s hopes that 2021 would start more favourably than ...

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07
Jan
21
“But what about causation?”
Foster J handed down judgment in Norfolk CC v Durrant [2020] EWHC 3590 (QB) on 30 December 2020, in which she allowed the Defendant’s appeal on the basis that the trial judge had failed to ...

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16
Dec
20
Webinar Recording: 1CL Festive Case Law Update
In their webinar yesterday, Sarah Prager, Lisa Dobie, Conor Kennedy and Richard Collier donned their Christmas jumpers and took attendees on a whistle stop tour of some of the key cases of 2020 in the ...

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03
Dec
20
Webinar Recording: All you Need to Know about Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980
In their webinar yesterday, Christopher Pask and Richard Collier provided a comprehensive overview of Section 41 of the Highways Act. They covered: the statute important ...

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02
Dec
20
1CL Wins Barristers’ Chambers of the Year at Personal Injury Awards
We are delighted to have won Barristers' Chambers of the Year Award at last night's Personal Injury Awards. The Personal Injury Awards highlight and celebrate the excellence of individuals and ...

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