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Highway liability & grass verges, and evidential rules on abandoned witnesses statement evidence when put in evidence by the opposing party: Demetrios Karpasitis v Hertfordshire County Council [2025] EWCA Civ 788
Introduction On 25 June 2025 the Court of Appeal (Bean, Coulson, and Andrews LJJ) handed down judgment in Demetrios Karpasitis v Hertfordshire County Council [2025] EWCA Civ 788, allowing the appeal against the dismissal of a PI claim against the Respondent highway authority. The case raised interesting questions regarding the correct evidential approach to ‘manifestly […]
read moreOrder for costs against a Defendant where the claim failed and an allegation of fundamental dishonesty was also dismissed
In Hakmi v East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust [2025] EWHC 2597 (KB) the Claimant, a distinguished surgeon, claimed that the Defendant had breached their duty of care by failing to offer him thrombolysis to treat his stroke on 16 November 2016. Mr Hakmi contended that the Defendant’s failure caused him serious disability which prematurely ended […]
read moreProsecution Collapses: HSE Offers No Evidence Against Farmer and Contractor
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has offered no evidence against a Devon farmer and building contractor following a fatal accident at a local farm. The farmer, represented by Matthew Kerruish-Jones, was formally acquitted at Exeter Crown Court in November 2025. The case arose from the tragic death of a contractor who fell down an […]
read moreThe first reported case on the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015
Introduction On 16 June 2025 the High Court handed down judgment in Benjamin Hetherington (by his father and litigation friend Gary Hetherington) v Raymond Fell & Ferryhill Wheelers Cycling [2025] EWHC 1487 (KB). The case, which concerned the scope of duty for cycle race organisers, raised interesting questions about the obligations owed by amateur organisers […]
read moreA Sweeping Success in the Legal Directories for Farrar’s
We are delighted to announce that Farrar’s Building has received a total of 62 individual rankings, including 7 new entries across 7 practice areas, in the legal directories for 2026. We have also been recognised as a Leading Set in 4 practice areas, with a new set ranking for Clinical Negligence, strengthened rankings in personal […]
read moreScope of a hospital’s duty of care in child abuse cases addressed in Conway v Yeovil District Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 2488 (KB) (Turner J)
(This case note contains details of child abuse that some readers may find disturbing.) Facts of the Case Sidney Conway, the claimant, was born on 2 November 2014 – a healthy and thriving baby. On 31 December 2014, he suffered his first episode of abusive head trauma at the hands of his mother. No […]
read moreCourt of Appeal decision on the duty of fair presentation and actual or constructive knowledge
Introduction The courts are gradually working their way through various cases relating to the Insurance Act 2015, the latest being Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality SE & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1019. Delos Shipholding is of general interest to non-shipping insurance contracts with regard to the scope of the […]
read moreReagan O’Callaghan is back in the team!
We are delighted to welcome Reagan back to the team today, after maternity leave. She was thrilled to witness her 9 month old son take his first steps, before making her way back to the Clerks’ Room. Reagan looks forward to catching up with lots of you in the coming weeks and months and especially […]
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