25 Feb 2021
The recent case of HXA v Surrey Council has followed a minimal number of social care cases which have made their way through the Courts following CN & GN v Poole BC. The lack of detail around these cases, and the failure of any of them to reach the higher echelons of the Court system, have left room…
Insurance
25 Feb 2021
The Insurance department congratulates Ridwaan Omar on gaining his NEBOSH National General Certificate on Occupational Health & Safety. Ridwaan acts on behalf of numerous organisations in defending Employers' and Public Liability insurance claims. He also has considerable experience of…
Insurance
25 Feb 2021
Notwithstanding that a principal contractor may not directly employ the injured employee, they can still be found to be in breach of their s2 and s3 duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 if they fail to review the sub contractor's risk assessments prior to the start of works or check…
Insurance
25 Feb 2021
Rule changes to Part 36 offers mean that defendants need to be even more wary than before of the terms of Part 36 offers made by claimants. The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 which come into effect from the 6 April 2021 amend Part 36 with a new rule 36.5 (5) which says that Part 36 offers…
Insurance
25 Feb 2021
The claimant pursued a claim against Bury Council relating to an incident when a tree located in a school fell onto the claimant's property causing damage. The Council had a system of inspection of their trees and this tree had been inspected and was due to be felled. It was suffering from…
Insurance
25 Feb 2021
The claimant sued the defendant council following what she said was a fall on the pavement as she was walking back from the school where she had collected her children. She alleged that there was a missing flagstone. The claim was brought pursuant to the Highways Act 1980 for breach of S41, the…
Insurance
25 Feb 2021
The case of the fire at Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond in December 2017 has resulted in a fine of £500 000 for the hotel owners and a community sentence order for the hotel porter involved. Fire safety considerations might not be at the top of your risk register priority…
Insurance
10 Feb 2021
National Apprenticeship Week began on 8 February. This year's theme is 'Build The Future.' With 20 years of experience in progressing employees through apprenticeships, Forbes Solicitors has helped build futures and this year has been no different and has been as successful, despite the…
Insurance
02 Feb 2021
There was a band in the eighties that went by the name of Haircut 100. Well make that in today's money Haircut 200. You may have heard the news that 31 Metropolitan Police Officers face fines of £200 each for taking part in a mass haircutting marathon which was in clear breach of Covid…
Insurance
25 Jan 2021
The defence of volenti non fit injuria provides a defence to a claim where a defendant who would otherwise be liable in negligence can show that the claimant, being fully aware of the risks, knowingly or willingly takes the risk. In doing so a claimant cannot then seek compensation for any harm that…
Insurance
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