Posted inProcedural Special Issue

Fairness of a Remote Hearing

SC v University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1445 (QB)  This article originally appeared in a Covid-19 Special Issue (July 2020). The facts  The Defendant Trust applied a week before a clinical negligence trial for its adjournment on the basis that it would be unfair to hold the…
July 1, 2020Posted inProcedural, Special IssueTags: , ,
Posted inInquests Special Issue

Coroner’s Investigations, Inquests and Covid-19

The coronial jurisdiction has been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Death referrals to coroners are up significantly throughout the county, as much as fivefold in some jurisdictions. It therefore comes as no surprise that the Chief Coroner has rapidly brought out further guidance to assist coroners in this unprecedented…
April 1, 2020Posted inInquests, Special IssueTags: ,
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Application for Adjournment Due to Covid-19

Re One Blackfriars Ltd (In Liquidation) [2020] EWHC 845 (Ch)  This article originally appeared in a Covid-19 Special Issue (April 2020). At a pre-trial review on 1 April 2020, the joint liquidators of One Blackfriars Ltd applied to adjourn a 5-week trial which was due to start on 8 June…
April 1, 2020Posted inSpecial IssueTags: ,