Posted inIssue 8 Personal injury

Personal Liability – MOD

Constance v (1) MOD (2) Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 3029 (QB) The Facts Mr David Lock QC sitting as a deputy Judge of the High Court held the Ministry of Defence and an NHS Trust to be liable to a former soldier whose hearing loss had been…
April 15, 2021Posted inIssue 8, Personal injury
Posted inIssue 8 Procedural

Anonymity Orders: An Approved Template

Anonymity orders are a routine part of the working life of those practising in the field of personal injury and clinical negligence. In 2015 the Court of Appeal in JXMX v Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 96 clarified the basis on which anonymity was justified in cases…
April 15, 2021Posted inIssue 8, ProceduralTags:
Posted inIssue 8 Procedural

Some Procedural Issues in Brief

Jarman v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 3238 (QB) Cherian v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3601 (QB) Taleb (A Child Proceeding by His Litigation Friend M) v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1147 (QB) When can an expert in one…
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Posted inCosts Inquests Issue 8

Equivocal Admissions and Inquest Costs

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service v Veevers [2020] EWHC 2550 (Comm) An admission of liability before an inquest can have a substantial effect on the recoverability of the family’s inquest costs. An early and full admission may extinguish them entirely. But in the cautionary case of Veevers, the High…
April 15, 2021Posted inCosts, Inquests, Issue 8
Posted inIssue 8 Personal injury

Running Obvious Risks

Mrs James v The White Lion Hotel [2021] EWCA Civ 31 In Issue 4 the first instance decision was covered. In this article, the appeal is considered. The facts The Deceased fell out of the sash window of a second-floor hotel room in the middle of the night and died.…
April 15, 2021Posted inIssue 8, Personal injury