Monthly Archives: May 2020


Updated Civil Listing Priorities W/C 25.05.20

Published: 27/05/2020 | News

For an update of the civil listing priorities during the current pandemic, please click here.

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Abuse of Process: Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal strike out of credit hire claim

Published: 26/05/2020 | News

In the third and final round of this claim, the Court of Appeal has refused the Claimant permission to appeal the concurrent conclusions of DDJ Shedden and HHJ Murdoch QC. The acceptance of the offer expressed in the Stage 2 Pack amounted to full and final settlement of the entire claim. In what was essentially […]

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WEBINAR: Vicarious Liability – Have the Decisions in Barclays & Morrisons Changed Anything?

Published: 22/05/2020 | Webinars

Date: 21 May 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Andrew Peebles & Tom Bourne-Arton We discuss the twinned cases of Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13, and WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12. We look at what the Supreme Court decisions say and whether the Judgments have […]

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When Does a Successful PI Claimant NOT Recover All Their Costs?

Published: 14/05/2020 | News

The costs decision in Morrow v Shrewsbury Rugby Union Football Club [2020] EWHC 999 (QB) was recently handed down and is a helpful reminder of the discretion of the court in costs matters. The Claimant was successful in the PI action but was held to have exaggerated the claim, but not sufficiently for fundamental dishonesty […]

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Covid-19 and Refusing to Return to Work: Claims for Discrimination, by Changez Khan

Published: 13/05/2020 | News

Introduction As many employees are being instructed to return to their workplaces today, some are likely to object on health grounds. So what happens if there is a stand-off? Can an employer force an employee to return? If he refuses, can it discipline him, dock his wages or even dismiss? If an employer fails to […]

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Guidance for Electronic Court Bundles

Published: 13/05/2020 | News

Hot off the press is the following guidance as to electronic court bundles from HHJ Hodge QC, reported on Lawtel this morning. Sitting in the Business and Property Courts in Manchester in the case of Taibly (2020) [2020] EWHC 1135 (Ch), HHJ Hodge QC sets out his summary on the subject at paragraph 5 of the judgment: […]

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WEBINAR: Keeping the Show on the Road

Published: 13/05/2020 | Webinars

Date: 12 May 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Huw Davies & James Pretsell How can legal representatives assist the Courts to avoid the new norm of hearings being vacated? Keep Applications simple Provide an electronic bundle Consent Orders Paper hearings How to conduct and conclude virtual Joint Settlement Meetings Successfully. Preparation Share documents […]

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PPE Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Potential Claims Against Employers, by James Plant

Published: 07/05/2020 | News

If one thing illustrates how the Personal Injury market is coping with moving to remote working during lockdown it is the fact that the first claims in respect of Personal Injury / death arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic are already being intimated; Claimant firms / Claims Management Companies are already advertising for new clients […]

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