April
Articles matching "breach of duty"
Cinema Paradiso? Freeborn & Goldie v Dan Marcal Architects[2019] EWHC 454(TCC)
The Technology and Construction Court's decision last week in Freeborn & Goldie v Dan MarcalArchitects treads fairly familiar territory in stressing the importance of an architect having a clear,…
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Court of Appeal allows appeal in Bussey v Anglia Heating
Daren Charlton outlines today's findings in Bussey v Anglia Heating, considers how the judgment fits with the 2011 CA decision Williams v University of Birmingham and looks at where we stand in…
Read moreShips in the Night – A Cautionary Tale
Laurie Clay and Sheona Wood review the recent Technology and Construction Court decision in Bank of Ireland v Watts Group PLC [2017] EWHC 1667 (TCC) concerning the duty of care owed by a quantity…
Read moreBreach of duty in mesothelioma claims: Williams remains binding
In a judgment dated 12 May 2017, His Honour Judge Yelton sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court made it clear that the Court of Appeal authority of Williams v University of Birmingham [2011] EWCA…
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DWF case update - Employers’ liability
James Neale extract some useful pointers from the successful defence of recent employers' liability claim involving a snow and ice slip and breach of duty
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Claimant in a jam as breach of duty claim comes to a sticky end
The duty on an employer under regulation 12(3) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, to keep floors free from obstruction relates to foreseeable hazards created by objects…
Read moreFalling trees: calm before the storm
As insurers face their biggest UK storm related losses for a number of years this may impact upon local authorities in the event that insurers seek to recover their losses arising from damage caused…
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