April
Articles matching "liability"
Covert recordings: reprehensible but relevant and probative
Covert recordings made by the claimant of medico legal examinations were deemed "reprehensible" but "relevant and probative" in the context of a "question mark" raised over the neuropsychological…
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Local authorities and roadside trees: insurers of nature?
In the recent case of Cavanagh v Witley Parish Council (1) and D Kevin Shepherd (t/a Shepherd Tree Surgeons & Forestry Contractors) (2) [2017] the High Court ruled a parish council to have been…
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Equine: Likelihood of damage or severe damage - experience matters
With the transcript of the recent judgment in Lynch v Ed Walker Racing Limited [2017] now available, Amy Jeffs, a member of the Equine Group at DWF LLP, looks at the decision in more detail.
Read moreLocal authorities: vicarious liability for the wrongful acts of foster carers
The Supreme Court has today decided by a majority of 4-1 that a local authority can be held vicariously liable for abuse of a child committed by foster parents whilst in their care
Read moreDuty of care: hospital not liable for non-clinical staff giving incorrect A&E waiting time
Andrew Cousins reviews this interesting decision limiting the expansion of duties placed on hospitals. In Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, the High Court held that the Trust did not have a…
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Surveillance evidence guidance for costs budgets & Part 36 costs consequences
Andrew Cousins reviews the recent High Court decision in Purser v Hibbs & Anr (2015) which raises two interesting issues following a discovery of dishonest exaggeration through the use of…
Read moreClients refer architects to the ARB for misconduct to avoid paying up
The ARB is unlikely to welcome being used by clients as a means of avoiding indebtedness, writes Mark Klimt.
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