Date: 16 June 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 40 minutes Presenter: Martin Ferguson In the sixth webinar of the series, we discuss the categories of Abuse of Process and the specifics of applications. There is a particular focus on applications for Strike Out,pursuant to CPR 3.4(2)(b). For a recording of the webinar, please click here.
read morePlease find the latest Queens Bench guidance for hearings from June 15, before QB Masters, here.
read moreDate: 2 June 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenter: Frederick Lyon We discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the travel industry, to include claims under the Athens and Montreal Conventions. We also look at the rules regarding quarantine and whether there could be claims in negligence against the supplier, for failure to prevent the […]
read moreFor an update of the civil listing priorities during the current pandemic, please click here.
read moreIn 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 […]
read moreDate: 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 […]
read moreThe 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 […]
read moreIntroduction 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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