17 May 2018
Gilpin v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Preston County Court On 21 st May 2016, the claimant alighted from a taxi, took a few paces and stumbled in a pothole falling onto her outstretched hand and suffered injury. The claimant brought a claim against the local authority under the…
17 May 2018
Potts v Wigan Council District Judge Mornington - Wigan County Court The claimant alleged that he was running along the pavement outside his home in May 2013 when he tripped on a raised paving slab. The claimant fractured his ankle as a result of the fall. At trial, the claimant…
16 May 2018
Bouncy Castle Owners Convicted of Manslaughter A couple who operated a fairground in Essex have been convicted of gross negligence manslaughter and failure to discharge a duty under s 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work Act after a seven-year-old girl died when the bouncy castle she was…
16 May 2018
In the case of Sally Woodward & Mark Addison v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited the Court granted an order for retrospective alternative service of a claim form under CPR 6.15(2). The master found that the defendant's solicitors had breached their duty to further the overriding…
16 May 2018
Sumner v Michael Colborne & Denbighshire County Council & Welsh Ministers (2018)[2018] EWCA Civ 1006 The Court of Appeal found that the highway authority did not owe a duty of care to highway users to cut back vegetation on land adjacent to the highway which interfered with drivers'…
16 May 2018
Edward Wright v Satellite Information Services Ltd (2018)[2018] EWHC 812 (QB) A Judge had been entitled to conclude that, for the purposes of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 s.57 ("CJCA"), a claimant had not been fundamentally dishonest in relation to his personal injury claim…
09 Apr 2018
Health & Safety Fine for Tree Climbing Fall Center Parcs UK has received a £250,000 fine and ordered to pay costs of £14,000 after an eight-year-old child fell from a tree and broke her wrist. The child was participating in an organised tree climbing class. Prior to the…
09 Apr 2018
Universal Credit is the government's flagship reform of the benefits system. Universal Credit was introduced to simplify the benefit system but has proved to be unpopular with many. In this article we consider the implications for defendants and insurers who are responsible for re-paying social…
20 Mar 2018
The Justice Secretary David Gauke has unveiled the Civil Liability Bill to Parliament. The bill includes reforms to clampdown on whiplash claims as well as changes to the way the personal injury discount rate is calculated for serious injuries. In a statement from the Ministry of Justice, Justice…
13 Mar 2018
Gilpin v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council DJ Hinchcliffe - Preston CC The claimant alleged that as she was crossing the road after alighting from a taxi, she tripped and stumbled in a pothole and fell onto her outstretched hand. The residential cul de sac was subject to an annual…
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