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To date, and perhaps surprisingly, there has been very little attempt by the Courts to grapple with this vexing question when considering whether to impose the consequences of a finding of fundamental dishonesty pursuant to s57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts…
Two interesting legal developments caught our eye this week: the first relates to the extent of the duty in swimming pool drowning cases, and the second to claims infected by fundamental dishonesty. James Byrne has written about the latter here –
With the announcement of the Spring Budget in March 2024 the Government has pledged to invest £35 million to boost maternity safety and improve maternity services across England, and a further £9 million to prevent avoidable brain injuries in childbirth.
NHS Resolution…
This week we bring you news of one of those applications that has it all – a jurisdictional challenge, a dispute over standing, and an objection to substitution of a party. When sorrows come, they come not in single spies, but in…
Join us on Thursday, 9th May when leading practitioners from Deka Chambers’ Civil and Family teams will come together to provide a unique analysis of issues arising in claims against local authorities relating to the removal of children into care.
The conference…
Rainer Hughes Solicitors v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd, Karadag, Ilieva [2024] EWHC 585 (KB)
In a recent case Martin Spencer J dismissed an appeal from His Honour Judge Monty KC, who (it was held) had been entitled to order a firm…
Yesterday, Cyrus Katrak and William Dean delivered a training session on the calculation and quantification of losses to Kennedys Law in London, with a focus on the application of the Ogden Tables and related litigation strategy. Cyrus spoke on the history and…
Welcome to the latest Deka Chambers Personal Injury Team briefing. In this edition we will be looking at ‘The Discount Rate,’ ‘Third Party Costs Orders in Credit Hire’ and hot off the press, the recently published 17th edition of the Judicial College…
With HXA v Surrey County Council [2023] UKSC 52 having all but closed the door to common law claims (despite the Supreme Court maintaining in HXA that there might be examples of an assumption of responsibility arising on particular facts), claimants have…
Chilton v Payne [2024] EWHC 451 (Admin)
In a case which will be of interest to all practitioners undertaking claims arising out of cosmetic surgery, Henshaw J recently dismissed an appeal in a claim founded on allegedly poorly provided aftercare following abdominoplasty.
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