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Second High Court decision shows increasing importance of fundamental dishonesty
Stratos Gatzouris reviews the recent decision in Razumas v Ministry of Justice (2018), in which the High Court has followed January's decision in London Organising Committee of the Olympic and…
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Part 36 Offers and the effect of their withdrawal
The High Court has recently been required to address on appeal, the issue of the effect of a withdrawn Part 36 Offer where a claimant has failed to achieve a judgment more advantageous than the…
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Solicitors' negligence for sending a Trainee to trial revisited. Court of Appeal upholds no liability for door of Court settlement in Dunhill v Brook
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a claim for professional negligence brought by Mrs Dunhill against her former solicitors and counsel for the alleged under-settlement of a personal injury claim.
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The "cotton wool culture": a crazy golf decision?
A mother who took responsibility for supervising children at a birthday party was negligent for failing to instruct the children not to swing their golf clubs. The amusement park, at which the…
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VR Series #2: Virtual Reality and Acute Pain
Welcome to this second in our series of articles exploring virtual reality healthcare and its many potential uses. After VR Physiotherapy we now move to the treatment of acute pain through, in…
Read moreCommon sense prevails: accidents can just happen
In the recent appeal in Pook v Rossall School, the High Court considered the nature of the duty schools owe to their students and the circumstances in which the courts should interfere with the…
Read moreGrove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd: the end of "smash and grab" adjudications?
Following the 2014 decision in ISG Construction Ltd v Seevic College, where a paying party failed to issue a valid payment notice in response to a payment application, the amount applied for by the…
Read moreCivil Liability Bill arrives in a form capable of achieving reform to key issues of whiplash and discount rate
The long-awaited publication of the Civil Liability Bill has taken place. Each of the two parts of the Bill are designed to have a positive effect in reducing the cost of motor insurance and so from…
Read moreProject monitors’ duties and contributory negligence: Lloyds Bank Plc v McBains Cooper Consulting Ltd. DWF successful in the Court of Appeal.
DWF's Michael Robin and James McKay acted for the successful Appellant project monitor to overturn the decision of Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart that a project monitor provided 'advice' rather than…
Read moreVR Series #1: Virtual Reality Physiotherapy
Following last week's highly successful and interesting 'DWF Catastrophic Injury Conference' [13th March 2018] I thought that I would take the opportunity to begin a series of articles related to…
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