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By: Kelly Penstone-Smith
Employment Rights Bill receives Royal Assent – What does it mean for employment litigation and what happens next?
The Employment Rights Bill received royal assent on 18 December 2025 and will now become the Employment Rights Act 2025. After months of negotiation with business, unions, and parliamentary back and forth, this bulletin summarises key outcomes of the new legislation. Where the Bill landed on key points Unfair dismissal While “day one” unfair […]
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Spanish law as the lex loci: DHV v MIB: Rome II, the Baremo and Cross-Border Damages Explained
Background DHV v Motor Insurers’ Bureau [2025] EWHC 2002 (Dias J) is an important High Court decision for anyone handling cross-border road traffic claims where Spanish law applies. The case concerned a UK resident, DHV, who suffered severe brain injuries after being struck by an uninsured driver in Mallorca in July 2017. Because the driver […]
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Peggie v Fife: Employment Tribunal considers the effect of landmark Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland
The facts At the material time, Ms Peggie (‘Claimant’) and Dr Upton (‘Second Respondent’) were both employed by NHS Fife (‘First Respondent’) and worked in the Accident and Emergency Department at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. The Claimant, who is female, is a long-serving nurse with thirty years of experience in the role. The Second Respondent, a […]
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Leonard Wigg is appointed to the Attorney General’s Public International Law Panel (C-Panel).
We are delighted to announce that Leonard Wigg has been appointed to the Attorney General’s Public International Law Panel (C-Panel). The Public International Law panel is made of specialist junior counsel who undertake public international law on behalf of the government, both in international courts and in the courts of England and Wales. Leonard’s appointment […]
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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 […]
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Order 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 […]
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Prosecution 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 […]
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The 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 […]
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