News & Updates
Osseointegration
As regular readers will know I recently had the opportunity to attend Dorset Orthopaedics catastrophic injury conference in Farnborough.
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(Not, in fact) Futile Devices
Some 18 months ago, we wrote an article entitled 'Futile Devices', setting out the Court of Appeal's views on the vexed question of the effectiveness of 'No oral modification' ('NOM') clauses in…
Read moreAn unconvincing performance in a plotline full of holes
DWF has successfully obtained a finding of fundamental dishonesty against a claimant who was found to have fabricated the vast majority of a personal injury claim for £850,000 following what was…
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Civil Liability Bill passes the Lords and is off to the Commons with only limited changes
The Civil Liability Bill received its Third Reading yesterday and is now off to the Commons. At the Bill’s Report Stage earlier this month Lord Beecham, the opposition justice spokesman predicted that…
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Looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Scotland Focus
Our monthly round-up of developments dominating the legal landscape in Scotland.
Read moreGDPR's here! Now what?
Keeping clinical patient records is part of a healthcare professional’s duty. Ensuring that the records are kept safe was a legal requirement under the Data Protection Act 1998. As of 23 May 2018 it…
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Credibility of witnesses and fundamental dishonesty: two fraudulent claims dismissed on appeal
The High Court recently considered the issue of fundamental dishonesty under section 57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 ("s.57"), with differing results, in two appeals from judgments given by…
Read morePaper trail can be the right path
Can an insurance broker's duty to elicit information and advise be discharged by standard written documents? Cases such as Environcom had suggested not, but Avondale Exhibitions Limited v Arthur J.…
Read moreDiscount Rate New proposals for setting the rate in Scotland
We now have the Scottish Government's proposals for taking forward reform of the discount rate in Scotland, in the form of a new Bill, as well as supporting material including a Policy Memorandum…
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