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Business Interruption Insurance: Handling Claims and Complaints During the Covid-19 Crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic has precipitated a surge of claims under business insurance policies. According to the Financial Conduct Authority, most SME policies have only basic cover for business interruption as a result of property damage. As a result, insurers are unlikely to be obliged to pay out in the majority of cases. Nevertheless, even where […]
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Josh Hedgman reduces six-figure claim to £941 and secures partial disapplication of QOCS after three-day remote trial
Josh Hedgman was recently instructed to act for the Defendant during a remote trial in a combined property damage and personal injury claim. The Claimant brought proceedings arising from a flood to her home after the Defendant’s agents had damaged a kitchen pipe. The Defendant had effectively admitted a liability as a result of that event. The leak […]
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Farrar’s Building Covid-19 Court Protocols & Guidance Summary
Since lockdown was announced by the Prime Minister on 23rd March 2020, Courts and circuits have had to develop their own guidance and protocols for deciding which cases will be heard remotely and by what means. They have had to do so rapidly and in the face of an ever changing environment of Government guidance […]
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Queens Bench Guidance
Please find the latest Queens Bench guidance for hearings from June 15, before QB Masters, here.
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Updated Civil Listing Priorities W/C 25.05.20
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
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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When Does a Successful PI Claimant NOT Recover All Their Costs?
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
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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