Category: Personal Injury
27
May
21
Personal Injury Briefing – May 2021
S 2(2). of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 sets out the persuasively simple proposition that an occupier owes a duty to take such care as is reasonable to see that its visitors are reasonably safe ...

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14
May
21
Webinar Recording: Credit Hire Update and Whiplash Reforms Implementation
In yesterday's webinar, Roger André and Simon Trigger provided an update on credit hire, and discussed the implementation of whiplash reforms. Roger provided a recap and update of credit hire law ...

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07
May
21
Rehabilitation Damages, Fraud, Dishonesty and Wasted Costs
Those who defend personal injury claims are increasingly used to seeing rehabilitation based special damages claims.  Insurers and policymakers should be aware of dishonest layering of rehabilitation ...

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23
Apr
21
Wormald v Ahmed – Part 36 Offers and the Death of a Protected Party
The sudden death of the claimant in a personal injury claim where there are substantial claims for future losses may cause the value of the claim to reduce radically overnight, leaving parties ...

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19
Apr
21
The Obviousness of Risk
“To be alive at all involves some risk” – Harold MacMillan 1. On 5th July 2015, at approximately 2am, Christopher James returned to his bedroom at the White Lion ...

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19
Apr
21
Webinar Recording: Managing Occupational Stress Claims
In Friday's webinar, Laura Johnson and Richard Collier provided an introduction to managing occupational stress claims. The session covered the fundamental legal principles and provided some ...

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06
Apr
21
Qualified one-way cost shifting – recent case law and practice
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: David Thomson, ...

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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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