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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Fixed costs - more from the Court of Appeal on their use in pre-action disclosure applications as well as a forthcoming change to the rules around operation of the regime
Pre-action disclosure applications are commonplace in EL and PL claims, but for some time parties have disputed whether fixed recoverable costs ("FRC") or hourly rate costs should be recoverable in…
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Courts demonstrate a reluctance to extend the concept of vicarious liability in two important decisions in the High Court and Court of Appeal
Following on from the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year in Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc (see DWF update) the High Court and the Court of Appeal have introduced some balance to the…
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Department for Transport publishes Vnuk consultation on options for amending domestic insurance law
Until yesterday the most recent development in the Vnuk saga was the publication in June of the European Commission “Roadmap” which made suggestions for the possible adaptation of Motor Insurance…
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Removal of 3 year limitation period for historic abuse claims
A Bill to remove the three-year time limit that applies to childhood abuse claims in Scotland was laid down on 17th November. View bill >
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Discount rate: judgment day?
Yesterday morning the Lord Chancellor Liz Truss announced by way of a statement to the London Stock Exchange that she was “undertaking to review the discount rate for personal injury damages awards,…
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Scotland this month and looking ahead
An update on forthcoming cases, consultations, legislation and key developments to look out for.
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Public Liability: defendant not liable for fall over banister in nightclub premises
Lawful visitors who have been expressly invited onto premises can become trespassers if they choose not to use the premises for the way in which they are invited to do so. Sheryl Bignell reports on…
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