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Josh Hedgman successfully defends security company against significant brain injury claim following alleged assault
Josh Hedgman was recently instructed to defend a serious brain injury claim following an assault that was alleged to have been committed by a doorman. Josh represented a security company that engaged doormen to provide security services at a pub. The Claimant visited a pub and had to be removed when the pub staff refused […]
read moreJosh Hedgman overturns trial Judge’s finding that council had negligently positioned a signpost on a cycle path
Price v Oxfordshire County Council [2021] 7 WLUK 167 Josh Hedgman was instructed last year by Oxfordshire County Council to defend a claim brought by a cyclist who managed to ride his bicycle into a ‘battleship-grey’ signpost that sat in the middle of a shared pedestrian and cycle path. The signpost had been there since 1999 and […]
read moreKey points from X v. Kuoni [2021] UKSC 34 – Defendants’ Options Narrowed
In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court has sided with consumers in its final judgment in this long running case (X v. Kuoni [2021] UKSC 34). We have previously discussed this case in detail both following the interim decision in the Supreme Court (First Article) and following the judgment of the CJEU (Second Article). The […]
read moreDid the Equality Act 2010 make a substantive change to the burden of proof in discrimination claims? No, says Supreme Court.
Prior to the Equality Act 2010, anti-discrimination laws required the claimant to prove facts from which an employment tribunal could conclude in the absence of an adequate explanation, that the respondent had committed an act of discrimination. The Equality Act used a different language – leaving tribunals to determine if there were facts from which […]
read moreWEBINAR: Staging an Intervention – The Road Travelled Since Copley v Lawn
Date: 14 July 2021 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenter: Kamran Khan In this webinar, Kamran offers analysis of and practical insight into the issue of intervention in the context of credit hire litigation. As an area of law that has risen in significance since the Court of Appeal’s decision in Copley v Lawn [2009] […]
read moreAn Update on Small Claims and Whiplash Reforms
In March 2021 we anticipated the incoming changes resulting from both the whiplash and small claims personal injury reforms. That article can be read here. The changes came into force on 31st May 2021 and will apply to accidents which occurred on or after that date. The Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 have been approved in […]
read moreNew Guidance Published: How to Issue a Claim for Damages with ‘MyHMCTS’
On 23rd June 2021, HM Courts & Tribunals Service published guidance on how to issue a claim for damages with their new online case management tool, ‘MyHMCTS’. This comes after last month’s launch of the pilot scheme that will allow legal professionals to manage and progress the initial stages of certain civil damages claims online. […]
read moreScope of Duty of Care – Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21
Tom Emslie-Smith considers the recent Supreme Court judgment. Facts Ms Meadows visited her medical practice for advice on whether or not she carried the haemophilia gene, which can give rise to a hereditary disease. The doctor arranged a blood test of the kind that establishes whether or not the patient has haemophilia (not whether she […]
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