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19/12/19
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has recently published a review which will assist in developing new guidelines for pre-birth assessments and the removal of infants at birth from their parents. A local authority may wish to intervene during pregnancy and subsequently issue care proceedings…
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19/12/19
Derbyshire County Council have recently been fined £500,000 following the first prosecution brought by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) against a local authority since the watchdog was given powers in 2015 to prosecute health and social care providers for failing to provide safe care and…
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19/12/19
Mazhar v Lord Chancellor [2019] EWCA Civ 1558 On 2 October 2019, the Court of Appeal confirmed that proceedings seeking a declaration of a breach of Article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) resulting from a judicial act should be by way of an appeal of the original order,…
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19/12/19
L v The Trustees of Anon Angling Society A claimant has had his claim for personal injury struck out after the Court found there was no legal basis for the claim. Background Claims against unincorporated member associations must be carefully considered as was illustrated by a recent…
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19/12/19
A Claimant who was injured whilst attempting to move an archery target has lost her claim at trial. The facts The Defendant provided archery facilities and training sessions. The Claimant was a keen archer and attended sessions on a regular basis. Prior to an archery class starting, the…
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19/12/19
Evidence uncovered relating to a claimant's claims history led to the dismissal of his claim for personal injury following an alleged trip in a carriageway pothole. The facts The Claimant alleged that as he crossed the road, his foot went into a pothole, and he injured his ankle. The…
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19/12/19
Wilson v The Co-operative Group The Claimant was shopping in a supermarket when she alleged that she tripped on the upturned edge of a mat situated on the vegetable aisle. She fell forwards and sustained soft tissue injuries. The Claimant alleged that the upturned edge of the mat was a…
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19/12/19
Council fined £1.4m after child suffers life-changing head injury on a street bollard Hampshire County Council has recently been sentenced and fined £1.4 million after being found in breach of s.3 (1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It has also been ordered to pay costs of &…
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19/12/19
Samantha Mustard v (1) Jamie Flower (2) Stephen Flower (3) Direct Line Insurance [2019] EWHC 2623 (QB) A defendant insurer in a personal injury claim applied to exclude the claimant's covert recordings of medical examinations with the defendant's experts and to set aside excessive Part 35…
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19/12/19
Jet 2 Holidays Ltd v (1) K Hughes (2) L Hughes (2019)[2019] EWCA Civ 1858 The Court of Appeal has confirmed that false witness statements verified by a statement of truth, made in compliance with a pre-action protocol (PAP), can give rise to an application for committal for contempt. The…
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17/12/19
The Court of Appeal has handed down an important decision, which analyses the law pertaining to secure accommodation orders. The local authority appealed an order refusing a local authority's application for a secure accommodation order under section 25 of the Children Act 1989 (s25) in respect…
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17/12/19
On 5 November 2019, the Ministry of Justice published the Government's Response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-Second Report of Session 2017-19, The right to family life: Children whose mothers are in prison . The Report highlights the difficulties in adequately supporting…
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09/12/19
Hampshire County Council has recently been sentenced and fined £1.4 million after being found in breach of s.3 (1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It has also been ordered to pay costs of £130,632 The circumstances of the breach arose, following an incident in December 2015,…
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27/11/19
Ryan -v- Rochdale Borough Council Forbes Solicitors has secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty against a Claimant who brought a claim for personal injury after allegedly falling in a pothole. In December 2014, the Claimant alleged he was crossing the street when he lost his footing in a…
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21/11/19
Fullick v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1941 (QB) The High Court determined that costs relating to an Inquest are recoverable in a civil claim but such costs will be subject to the new post-Jackson proportionality rules. Usually, Coroners have no jurisdiction to award costs…
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21/11/19
Following recommendations made by Dame Janet Smith, Chair of the Shipman Inquiry, new regulations have finally been introduced to ensure greater consistency in the reporting of deaths by medical practitioners in England and Wales. The Regulations came into force on 1st October 2019 with immediate effect…
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21/11/19
The Claimant brought a claim for personal injury after riding the dodgems at the Defendant's fairground attraction. The Claimant alleged that whilst on the dodgems, she was struck by another car driven by her cousin. She argued that as a result of the impact, she was propelled forwards and…
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21/11/19
A Claimant who brought a claim against the local authority after tripping in a damaged manhole cover has lost his claim at trial. The facts The Claimant alleged that he was unpacking shopping from his car parked outside his niece's house, when his right foot caught in a damaged manhole…
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21/11/19
Council and Bus Company fined after a passenger was killed by a lorry at a bus station A bus passenger was run over by a grab lorry as she walked across a pedestrian crossing at a bus station. She subsequently died as a result of her injuries. The bus station had been demolished and was in the…
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21/11/19
Wickes Building Supplies Ltd v Blair (2019)[2019] EWCA Civ 1934 The Court of Appeal has provided guidance on the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers' Liability and Public Liability) Claims ("the Protocol") procedure to be followed if a claimant serves…
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21/11/19
Aldred v Master Cham (2019) [2019] EWCA Civ 1780 CA The Court of Appeal has found that the cost of instructing counsel to advise on settlement in a RTA claim involving a child is not recoverable as a disbursement and should be included as part of the fixed costs. The facts A motorist…
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21/11/19
Barry Cable v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Limited - Case number D34BI037 On Appeal, the Court has endorsed a decision striking out a claim worth £2.6 million for abuse of process. The facts The Claimant was involved in a road traffic accident on 1st September 2014. On…
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20/11/19
A 15-month participant study of social work and child protection practices in two local authorities in England has discovered the extent to which social workers use social media, particularly Facebook, to obtain information about service users' lives. The findings reveal that Facebook is used in…
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11/11/19
Following recommendations made by Dame Janet Smith, Chair of the Shipman Inquiry, new regulations have finally been introduced to ensure greater consistency in the reporting of deaths by medical practitioners in England and Wales. The Regulations came into force on 1st October 2019 with immediate effect…
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08/11/19
The HSE has published its annual report "Health and safety at work - Summary statistics for Great Britain 2019". Despite Great Britain being one of the safest places to work compared to its EU counterparts, the HSE say the statistics show that the number of injuries and incidents of ill health…
Forbes News
22/10/19
Leading legal firm Forbes Solicitors have been shortlisted in the Defendant Team of the Year category in the prestigious national Personal Injury Awards. Forbes, who won the award last year, will be competing for the accolade when the awards ceremony is held at the Hilton Deansgate in Manchester on…
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17/10/19
An employee has lost her claim for personal injury after the Judge concluded that the automatic doors to the supermarket were not faulty. The Claimant was employed by the Defendant supermarket. On the day of the incident, she had entered the supermarket through the main foyer. She was walking…
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17/10/19
A Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has ruled in favour of a mother who sought action against a local authority for its refusal to provide education to her 10-year-old daughter (Y), who refused to attend school due to high levels of anxiety. Y was eventually advised that she had sensory processing…
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17/10/19
Re H (A Child) (Refusal of placement order) [2019] EWCA Civ 1557 On 12 September 2019, the Court of Appeal held that an 18-month adjournment of care proceedings concerning a baby, who was 7 months old at the time of the judgement, to allow time for the parents to make sustained changes, is…
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17/10/19
MR v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1970 (QB) The High Court has ruled that a Part 36 offer to settle a claim for nil damages on the condition that the police admit liability for false imprisonment and assault was a genuine Part 36 offer. The facts The appellant…
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17/10/19
Council fined £100,000 after exposing workers to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome The HSE has reported that a borough council has been fined for exposing seven of its grounds maintenance workers to Hand Arm Vibration (HAVS), caused by excessive use of power tools. The council pleaded guilty…
Forbes News
17/10/19
The Information Commissioner's Office has updated its guidance on calculating timescales for responding to subject access requests (SAR) following a recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union. When calculating response times, the day a SAR is received is classed as 'day one'…
Forbes News
17/10/19
The Forbes Insurance team is celebrating after being recommended in the Legal 500 guide and ranking as a Top Tier Firm in the category Insurance: Personal Injury Defendant North West. The Legal 500 guide has named Chris Booth and Kella Bowers in the elite "Leading Individuals" list and…
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14/10/19
I recently found myself at trial, facing a man who had hit himself with a sledgehammer. Not a likely basis for a personal injury claim, you might think, and you are probably right. However, somewhere along the line two things happened; the Claimant decided that it probably wasn't his fault, and…
Legal Article
08/10/19
A Claimant who injured himself with a sledgehammer has lost his claim for personal injury at trial. The facts The Claimant had been tasked to work on a joint venture construction project by his employer, a labour-only sub-contractor. On 11th September 2014 the Claimant, who was a highly…
Forbes News
04/10/19
Forbes has successfully defended a "player on player" football claim following a 3-day trial. The facts The Claimant was playing in a football match against the Defendant's team. About half way through the first-half the Claimant suffered a serious injury to his Achilles tendon.…
Forbes News
02/10/19
Forbes Solicitors is celebrating after being recommended in 15 Legal 500 categories and ranking as a Top Tier Firm, with 35 lawyers listed as recommended. Forbes' category recommendations are up one from last year, with Contentious Trusts and Probate being ranked for the first time. The…
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05/09/19
On 16 May 2019, the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2018 received Royal Assent and is expected to come into force in the Spring of 2020. This legislation will create a new and more streamlined model for authorising deprivations of liberty in care and will replace the current Deprivation of Liberty…
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15/08/19
Saleem & Rizwan v Rochdale Borough Council In October 2017, the First Claimant was taking his daughter, the Second Claimant to school. It was alleged that as they walked through the school grounds, they both tripped and fell in the missing part of a dilapidated grate. They brought a claim…
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15/08/19
Rees v Co-operative Group Ltd The Claimant alleged that she had tripped in an uncovered drain situated in the car park of one of its stores. After investigating the claim, breach of duty was admitted but the Claimant was put to proof as to the manner and happening of the accident. It was the…
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15/08/19
Cox v Bury A Claimant's claim for personal injury was dismissed after the Court concluded that the alleged pothole was not cause of the Claimant's accident. The Claimant alleged that she tripped in a pothole measuring in excess of 50mm and sustained a fractured elbow. The Claimant…
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15/08/19
A Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has ruled in favour of a father who sought action against Lancashire County Council (LCC) for its refusal to investigate his complaint. LCC had refused to instruct an independent investigator because the affected child had not provided his consent to escalation of…
Forbes News
15/08/19
HSE Dust-busters HSE inspectors are currently visiting high-risk businesses to assess how employers are controlling exposure to dust. They are likely to focus on construction sites, woodwork businesses and food manufacturers. Such industries often produce high levels of dust, which can be harmful…
Forbes News
30/07/19
It has been reported by the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) that during 2018 they secured compensation of £14,933,905.34 for its teacher members. The sums were awarded as a result of claims for accidents, attacks by pupils, and employment disputes.…
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30/07/19
Annual Workplace Fatality Figures Released by HSE The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for work-related fatal injuries for 2018/19. According to the statistics, 147 workers were fatally injured whilst at work between April 2018 and March 2019. Whilst the HSE reports…
Forbes News
25/07/19
Curran v Calderdale Council A Claimant, who alleged he had sustained personal injury after the wheel of his lorry hit a pothole, has agreed to pay the Defendant's costs in full if the Council agreed to withdraw their application for a finding of fundamental dishonesty. In 2015, the…
Forbes News
25/07/19
W v A Family Leisure Park The Facts In August 2015, the Claimant and his family visited a theme park owned by the Defendant. The Claimant alleged that he was sitting at a table in the restaurant when his chair simply collapsed. He suffered neck and back injuries as a result of the incident…
Forbes News
25/07/19
The Lord Chancellor has announced that the new Discount Rate will be set at minus 0.25% and will take effect from 5 August 2019. It is disappointing news for Compensators; although damages claims will be reduced, the savings fall far below those that would have been achieved had a change back to a…
Forbes News
25/07/19
Kathleen Musson (suing as Executrix of Leslie Musson) v Co-operative Group Ltd Forbes Solicitors has successfully defended what is likely to be one of the last strict liability, pre-Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) cases. The Facts The Claimant on behalf of the deceased Leslie…
Forbes News
25/07/19
Higgs v Bury Council The Claimant brought a personal injury claim after tripping in the street. The Defendant admitted liability but put the Claimant to strict proof at trial. The Facts The Claimant alleged that she was on her way to pick her daughter up from school when she stubbed her…
Forbes News
25/07/19
Woodward & Anor v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd (2019)[2019] EWCA Civ 985 The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a party is not required to draw attention to mistakes made by another party. The Facts The Claimants, through their solicitors, purported to serve a Claim Form and…
Forbes News
25/07/19
Sudhirkumar Patel v (1) Arriva Midlands Ltd (2) Zurich Insurance PLC (2019) [2019] EWHC 1216 (QB) QBD (Judge Melissa Clarke ) 14/05/2019 A Claimant who alleged that he was unable to move or communicate has been found fundamentally dishonest and has had his claim struck out by the High Court, after…
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17/07/19
A Joint Committee on Human Rights has welcomed the proposed draft Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (Remedial) Order 2019 ("the Remedial Order") to extend the right to claim bereavement damages to cohabiting couples. The Committee notes that it is regrettable that it has taken twenty years following…
Legal Article
15/07/19
The Lord Chancellor has today announced that the new discount rate will be set at minus 0.25%. The announcement follows a comprehensive review of the rate as provided for in the Civil Liability Act 2018. Currently the discount rate stands at minus 0.75% after it was controversially reduced in 2017…
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27/06/19
Cullum v Rainbow Amusement Park Ltd A Claimant brought a claim for personal injury after she alleged that she had been injured whilst riding on the "Twist" fairground ride at the Defendant's Amusement Park. The popular "Twist" ride rotates in one direction whilst the…
Forbes News
27/06/19
Royal Automobile Club Ltd v Catherine Wright (2019)EWHC 913 (QB) The High Court has concluded that an application by a Defendant in a personal injury claim to withdraw an earlier admission of liability had rightly been rejected. The Claimant brought a claim against her employer after she…
Forbes News
27/06/19
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) have published an advice note - 'Potholes - a Repair Guide'. The research was commissioned by the Department for Transport following the severe weather of the 2017/18 winter, which caused a dramatic increase in…
Forbes News
27/06/19
Derbyshire v TMBC The Claimant alleged he was jogging along the road when he twisted his foot on a defect and suffered a personal injury. He brought a claim against the local authority. The Claimant had been jogging on a hatched area at the side of a carriageway, which was unpaved and around…
Forbes News
27/06/19
Sandra Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK (2019)[2019] EWHC 842 (QB) The High Court has considered the liability of an employer after an employee was injured at an office Christmas party by another partygoer. The facts In December 2012, a Christmas party was held at the Cambridge Research…
Forbes News
27/06/19
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd & Anor (2019)[2019] UKSC 27 For the first time the Supreme Court has considered the meaning and effect of the "serious harm" requirement in section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013. Section 1(1) provides that a statement is not defamatory unless it has…
Forbes News
27/06/19
Football club fined after tragic death of a volunteer A football club has been fined £1000 and ordered to pay costs of £1000 after the death of a volunteer. The 71-year old volunteer had been helping at the club when he accessed the roof to carry out a repair and fell through fragile…
Forbes News
27/06/19
Rebecca Osborne v Bourne Leisure Ltd (2019) CC (Winchester) (Judge Iain Hughes QC) 26/02/2019 A Defendant leisure resort owner was found liable after a guest sustained an injury whilst participating in an organised game at the Defendant's premises. The facts The Claimant was on…
Legal Article
14/06/19
Poole Borough Council v GN & Another Those of us who are involved with claims that deal with the actions of local authority social services have been waiting with baited breath for the handing down of the Supreme Court judgment in Poole BC v GN for almost 12 months. However, with the flood of…
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14/06/19
Anne Longfield, the Children's Commissioner for England, has published a report whereby she calls upon local authorities, and other institutions, to collate and provide data regarding all children who have been accommodated in a secure setting, and therefore deprived of their liberty. In…
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14/06/19
The Government has announced it intends to spend £15m to keep children out of care with an innovative scheme based on existing Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) and Family Group Conferencing (FGCs) models. The new scheme named Supporting Families; Investing in Practice will be rolled…
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23/05/19
NHS Trust fined after exposing workers to Asbestos Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been fined for exposing employees and contractors to asbestos whilst carrying out refurbishment works. The NHS Trust pleaded guilty to two breaches of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and…
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23/05/19
Wigan Council A music teacher who brought a claim against the local authority, alleging negligence and breach of statutory duty has lost at trial. The Claimant was a peripatetic music teacher, who visited the school on a weekly basis to deliver music lessons. She tripped on a threshold whilst…
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23/05/19
The National Winter Service Research Group ("NWSRG") has published a new practical guide for winter service. The latest national code of practice 'Well-managed Highway Infrastructure' published in 2016 no longer contains information relating to the delivery of the winter service.…
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23/05/19
The UK Roads Liaison Group ("UKRLG") has released an Asset Management Competence Framework to help highway authorities implement the recommendations of the new Code of Practice (Well-managed Highway Infrastructure), in particular, Recommendation 15 'Competencies and Training' which…
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23/05/19
The Ministry of Justice has announced proposals to amend the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 to allow bereavement damages to be available to cohabitees. The proposed Remedial Order will enable a person who has cohabited with the deceased person for a period of at least 2 years immediately prior to the…
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23/05/19
Elizabeth Rogerson v Bolsover District Council [2019] EWCA Civ 226 The Court of Appeal has confirmed that pursuant to s.4 Defective Premises Act (DPA) there is no specific duty on landlords to carry out a system of regular inspection. The facts The Claimant was a tenant of a house owned…
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23/05/19
Nazir v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council A claimant who presented a grossly overstated and exaggerated care claim has been found to be fundamentally dishonest by the Court. The claimant tripped and fell on to her left elbow in 2014 and sustained a fracture. A breach of duty was admitted…
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28/03/19
Wigan Council The Claimant alleged that during the course of her employment as a teaching assistant at a special needs school she suffered a serious injury to her right knee whilst trying to retrieve a keyboard from the highest shelf in a storeroom. The keyboard was required for a music lesson…
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28/03/19
Norman Fearn v Information Commission (EA/2018/0124) The First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has dismissed an appeal from a member of the public seeking information relating to the projected costs budget of an ongoing litigated case. Mr Fearn asked the council for the following…
Legal Article
28/03/19
In the recent case of Fitton v Ageas (2018) Fam Ct (Judge Parker) 08/11/2018, a Circuit Judge has ruled that the protocol for low-value personal injury claims is a self-contained code and as a result the normal principles of contract such as the doctrine of mistake does not apply. The facts…
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28/03/19
Reminder to Ensure Scaffolding is Stable and Safe in High Winds Following the recent exceptional high winds, the HSE is calling on construction workers to ensure scaffolding is stable and safe by following the scaffold design checklist. According to the HSE, the scaffold checklist is designed to…
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22/03/19
Medical Reports in RTA cases are the latest part of the CPR to become subject to fixed fees. As of 1 October 2014, a new fixed costs regime will come into force governing the fees which can be charged for the obtaining of expert medical reports in RTA Protocol claims. The updated Rule 45.19…
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21/03/19
The Lord Chancellor, David Gauke MP, has officially launched the anticipated review of the discount rate in a written statement to Parliament. The first review of the discount rate under the new Civil Liability review will start with immediate effect. Pursuant to the new process set out in the…
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21/03/19
In the case of Beardmore v Lancashire CC (Liverpool) (Judge Graham Wood QC) 06/02/2019, a Circuit Judge on appeal allowed the claimant to recover medical agency fees in a public liability ("PL") case that had exited the portal, and where the issue of disbursements was covered by fixed costs…
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25/02/19
Two companies heavily fined after a girl is killed whilst using a lift in her own home In August 2015, a five-year-old girl was using an internal lift, which had been fitted in her home for use by her disabled brother. The girl put her head through a hole in the vision panel and as the lift moved…
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15/02/19
Shaughnessy v Adrenalin Zone Ltd The Claimant brought a claim following an accident on an amusement attraction. The attraction in question offers riders the thrill of skydiving and hang gliding. Participants wear a full body flight suit that supports the flyer in a prone position. The flight suit…
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15/02/19
Allinson -v- East Riding of Yorkshire Council An elderly claimant alleged that on 7th October 2014 she tripped over a sunken gully in the pavement and sustained an injury. Following the accident, the claimant's husband took photographs of the highway but unfortunately took photographs of…
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15/02/19
A man has received £40,000 in damages after bringing a libel claim against the former Chairman of the UKIP Bristol branch following the publication of a Tweet during the 2015 general election campaign. In May 2015, a Tweet was posted by UKIP's Bristol branch consisting of a photograph of…
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15/02/19
Forbes has defended two unusual claims on behalf of a local authority. Two former pupils of a primary school brought a claim against the local authority alleging that they had sustained psychological and minor physical injuries as a result of being bullied by another child. It was specifically…
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15/02/19
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 ("the Act") comes into force on 20th March 2019. The Act will enable tenants to pursue claims relating to substandard housing conditions. Currently, there are no provisions requiring landlords to ensure that their properties are fit for human…
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15/02/19
The Ministry of Justice has published its long awaited review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) assesses the impact of five statutory reforms implemented following Sir Rupert…
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22/01/19
Mark Birkett v Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Bradford CC - A man who walked into a street sign has lost his claim for personal injury against the local authority. The Claimant alleged that he had been walking along a pavement when he hit his head and arm on a brown tourist road…
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22/01/19
In January 2018 at approximately 9.30pm, the Claimant was driving along the road in heavy rain when the front drivers' side of his vehicle collided with a pothole. The Claimant continued home and upon examination of his vehicle realised that the front tyre of his vehicle had sustained damage. He…
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22/01/19
Healthcare company fined following fatal minibus accident In March 2014, a vulnerable patient was being transported home in a minibus following a GP appointment. The minibus was travelling along the A52 at speed when the patient opened the door and leapt out. She was fatally injured. Elysium…
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22/01/19
A Bristol property owner has been fined for allowing the spread of Japanese knotweed. It is reported that this is the first time the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 has been used in this way. In 2017, Bristol City Council served the property owner with a community protection…
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22/01/19
Andrew Graeme Waring v Mark Mcdonnell (2018) CC (Brighton) (Judge Venn) 06/11/2018 The Court has ruled that a defendant who made an unsuccessful counterclaim was not entitled to the protection of qualified one-way costs. The facts Two cyclists were involved in a head on collision, both…
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22/01/19
Last year was certainly another eventful year for insurers and defendants; and whilst Brexit looks set to be high on the agenda in 2019, we consider what other developments we are likely to see in the year ahead. Civil Liability Act 2018 At the end of 2018, the much-anticipated Civil Liability…
