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Swift v Carpenter: Update
The eagerly awaited appeal in Swift v Carpenter on the vexed issue of future accommodation claims was due to be heard from Tuesday 24th March 2020. Unsurprisingly it has been vacated to a date to be fixed. Darryl Allen QC of Farrar’s Building represents the intervener PIBA.
read moreDishonesty: In the Spotlight Again
Introduction In recent months, the High Court has handed down two appellate decisions of undoubted significance in relation to arguments that a Claimant has been fundamentally dishonest. Those cases are Mansur Haider v DSM Demolition Ltd [2019] EWHC 2712 (QB) and Jason Roberts v (1) Alan Kesson; (2) Tesco Underwriting Limited [2020] EWHC 521 (QB). […]
read moreCovid-19 Court Guidance: Cheshire & Merseyside Circuit
Guidance from Cheshire and Merseyside 21st March 2020 Dear local practitioner and other court users, Covid 19 arrangements and temporary measures at Liverpool and Chester County Court and other courts in the Cheshire and Merseyside cluster for CIVIL WORK There have been several requests for some standard guidance in relation to the conduct of court […]
read moreCovid-19 Court Guidance: Manchester Circuit
Guidance From DCJ Manchester 20th March 2020 Dear Court User, I am writing to let you know what steps we are taking to keep the civil courts running in these difficult times. Specific arrangements apply to BPC work and to Family cases. The steps set out in this letter (“the Temporary Measures”) will apply to […]
read moreCourt Hearings via Skype – A Practical Guide
I conducted my first Skype Hearing last Friday, a contested one day listed preliminary hearing in an Employment Tribunal, though shortly before the Protocol Regarding Remote Hearings came out on 20 March 2020. I am pleased to pass on the good news that it worked, albeit not perfectly. Certainly it is more than just a […]
read moreShould Thrombolysis have been Offered?
Tim Found of Farrar’s Building represented the defendant NHS Trust in a High Court case that was due for a split-trial on liability in March 2020. The central issue was whether or not the claimant should have been offered thrombolysis in the particular circumstances of his presentation and liability turned on the evidence to be […]
read moreCoronavirus and the Courts
Today has seen the announcement of the first substantive amendment to court practice to combat the threat posed by the Coronavirus: Crown Court trials of three days or less are not to commence until further notice. In the same announcement, the Lord Chief Justice states that ‘steps are being taken in all jurisdictions to enable […]
read moreFurther Update on our Head of Chambers, Patrick Harrington QC
Further to our update on our Head of Chambers, Patrick Harrington QC, last Thursday, 12th March, we received further very good news from Patrick’s son, Fergus over the weekend. Patrick had recognised him, and his wife Corinne, and when asked by Susan his wife who Alan was, he said straight away, the Chief Clerk at […]
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