This edition reports on a case which resulted in a finding of fundamental dishonesty on the basis of inconsistent medical entries, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on the law and issues for Defendant local authorities when defending highways utilities claims, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on the call for evidence launched by the Ministry of Justice in relation to the second review of the Personal Injury Discount Rate, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on a successful defence to a claim involving a cyclist, focuses on the new guideline hourly rates, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on a matter relating to the use of driven inspections in the context of defending Highways Act claims, together with various case updates.
This edition includes various case summaries covering fundamental dishonesty, third party costs order in credit hire and a failed application for summary judgment.
This edition reports on a successful defence involving a loose manhole cover, which gave rise to the review of the Defendant Local Authority’s adequacy of a reactive system and its duty under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on a successful defence of a significant personal injury claim with fundamental dishonesty findings and displacement of Qualified One Way Costs Shifting, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on a claim for damages arising out of a work place accident, bad character evidence in regulatory prosecutions, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on a claim for damages arising out of injuries suffered by the Claimant, who is now an adult, during an incident when he was a pupil, changes to the Personal Injury Damages Claim Portal, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on the importance of good quality contemporaneous evidence and the effective presentation of the same to the Court, Amendments to QOCS, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on the impact that apparatus, which is owned by a third party utility company, has on a defence under Section 58 of the Highways Act 1980, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on Pre-Action Disclosure in personal injury cases in relation to weighing up the rights of third parties when records relating to them are sought by way of disclosure, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on a Complex Regional Pain Syndrome case which was discontinued following the emergence of a Fundamental Dishonesty argument, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on the impact of an investigation by a Department of Transport specialist investigation body on the Coroner’s inquest process, together with various case updates including foreseeability of psychiatric harm.
This edition reports on the operation of the Definitive Sentencing Guideline in a public sector / emergency service sentencing for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, together with various case updates.
This edition reports on foreseeability issues when dealing with accidents in school playgrounds, together with various case updates including a retrospective application for an extension when a Claim Form was misplaced by the Court.
This edition reports on the importance of good photographic evidence in highways matters and focuses on a complex case involving allegations of failure to investigate alleged serious criminal activity, together with various case updates.
This edition includes various case summaries relating to fundamental dishonesty, expert evidence and permission, together with articles on the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022 and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
This edition reports on a claim for damages which involved historical Grade Two Listed Structures on Local Authority land, together with various case updates including Fundamental dishonesty and refusal to mediate.
This edition reports on the Claimant’s burden of proof in highways claims in proving that an accident occurred as alleged or that a particular defect had caused the alleged accident, together with various case updates.
