Posted inAbuse/Child Abuse Issue 5 Personal injury

Vicarious Liability – Is It Still ‘On The Move’?

WM Morrison Supermarket plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12  Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13  This article originally appeared in Issue 5 (May 2020). These parallel judgments, handed down on the same day by the Supreme Court, clarify the two stage approach to determining whether an…
May 1, 2020Posted inAbuse/Child Abuse, Issue 5, Personal injuryTags:
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 4

Issues in Litigating Informed Consent Claims

Johnstone v NHS Grampian [2019] CSOH 90  This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). The Outer House of the Court of Session found that the Pursuer/Claimant (“J”) had given informed consent to the transsphenoidal surgery he underwent and dismissed J’s claim for damages brought against the health authority. …
March 1, 2020Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 4Tags: ,