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Forbes News
21 Jan 2020
Construction projects involve the completion of a myriad of deeds, contracts and other documents. Project staff at sophisticated corporate clients are usually very experienced in the business not only of negotiating such contracts but arranging for their signature too. So, what is the value in…
Housing & Regeneration
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
Anon v Conwy County Borough Council and Anor The Claimant was involved in an accident when cycling along a path in May 2016. The Claimant alleged that as he was cycling along the path his rear wheel went over a square hinged water utilities cover which caused the cover to flip open causing the rear…
Insurance
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
Forbes has recently represented the interests of a local authority in an Inquest following the death of a man in a house fire in 2018. In a tragic accident, an elderly man died as the result of injuries caused in a house fire. Following his death an Inquest was arranged. Inquests are legal…
Insurance
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
Scott v Ministry of Justice (2019) Sen Cts Costs Office (Deputy Master Friston) 05/12/2019 In this case, the Senior Courts Costs Office was asked to determine whether the Claimant's costs should be restricted to the fixed costs allowed under the EL/PL protocol. The Court was asked to consider…
Insurance
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
The Claimant alleged he was playing football on an artificial pitch owned by the local authority, the Second Defendant (represented by Forbes Solicitors). The First Defendant rented the pitch from the Second Defendant. It was the Claimant's case that he had fallen on a concrete lip and sustained a…
Insurance
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
Anon v Rochdale Borough Council The Claimant alleged that she was walking her grandchildren to school when she tripped and fell over a raised paving stone. She fractured her left shoulder and brought a claim for personal injuries against the local authority. The Defendant admitted breach of…
Insurance
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
Parcel carrier fined after worker injured by reversing vehicle An employee was seriously injured when a forklift truck struck him in November 2017. It has been reported that as he was walking across the depot, a reversing forklift truck hit him. He was trapped under the vehicle and suffered serious…
Insurance
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
As a New Year and decade begins, we have a brief look at what developments defendants and insurers are likely to see in 2020 and beyond. Extension to Fixed Recoverable costs Early in 2019, the Ministry of Justice launched a Consultation on extending Fixed Recoverable Costs in civil cases in…
Insurance
Legal Article
20 Jan 2020
Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v Ashloch Limited, AP Wireless II (UK) Limited [2019] UKUT 338 (LC) The Court has provided guidance on the relationship between the Electronic Communications Code and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in determining that an operator may not apply…
Dispute Resolution
Legal Article
16 Jan 2020
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) reported recently that many abuse survivors find the civil litigation process "baffling and hostile". Claimant lawyers reported that in "many if not all" cases Defendants routinely rely on the Limitation Defence. This was said…
Insurance
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