April
Articles matching "public liability"
Claimant limited to portal costs following unreasonable exit from portal
DWF has successfully restricted a claimant to fixed portal costs following a premature decision to remove the claim from the MoJ portal. Sukhjit Dhadwal, who represented the defendant Local Authority…
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The duty to repair (still) does not equate to a duty to make safe
The Court of Appeal has reconsidered the application of s.4 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (the “1972 Act”) in a case where a man later died after having fallen down a staircase without a…
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Headline figure pointing upwards on latest data from the Portal Company
The monthly Portal Company statistics released late on Friday afternoon should as usual be looked at in detail to identify the latest signs of trends affecting claims volumes that will be of interest…
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New laws to protect Good Samaritans, community heroes and small business owners
Wednesday’s Queen’s speech will be the last of this government and it will be interesting to see what the coalition hopes to achieve in this final parliamentary session. We received a preview this…
Read moreUnravelling this month's Portal Company data
Usually analysis surrounding the news of release of the monthly data from the Portal Company has to be accompanied by caveats that it’s too early to be identifying clear trends. This time though…
Read moreThis afternoon's news on the long awaited portal rules
The claimant lobby had been complaining recently about the fact that the MoJ had not published the changes to the rules, practice directions and protocols for the important portal changes happening to…
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