Wooldridge v George QBD (Judge Walden-Smith) 23rd January 2017
The claimant, who had been drinking, was struck whilst crossing the road between two pubs. The defendant was driving at 20mph, had not been drinking, and was not distracted. Notwithstanding this, she...
View ArticleCaren Sharp v Leeds City Council [2017] EWCA Civ 33
The appellant had suffered injury when she fell on paving which was maintained by the respondent. She initially began her claim under the EL/PL Protocol. It later ceased to continue under that...
View ArticleSecretary of State for Work & Pensions v FG (on behalf of John (a minor)...
The Secretary of State for Work & Pensions (SSWP) appealed against a decision of the Upper Tribunal (UT) that the respondent was entitled to compensation under the vaccine damages payments scheme....
View ArticleWebster (a child by his litigation friend, Heather Butler) v Burton Hospitals...
The Court of Appeal (Jackson, Simon, Flaux LLJ) determined an appeal brought by a child (W) who suffered from cerebral palsy caused by a prenatal injury to his brain. It was not disputed that if W had...
View ArticleMcGeer v Macintosh [2017] EWCA Civ 79
The Court of Appeal (Treacy, Christopher Clarke, Richards LLJ) determined an appeal brought by an HGV driver in which the respondent cyclist had sustained very severe injuries. The HGV driver had been...
View ArticleBaker v KTM Sportmotorcycle UK Limited & another (2017) CA (Civ Div) (Lloyd...
The respondent had purchased one of the appellant’s motorbikes second hand from a dealer. The bike was two years old, fully serviced and with low mileage. The front brake seized in use and the...
View ArticleEUI Ltd v Sultan (2017), QBD (O’Farrell J) 12th April 2017
The respondent had made a personal injury claim arising out of an alleged road traffic accident. The applicant was the insurer of the driver who was said to be at fault. Its position was that the...
View ArticleABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust & others [2017] EWCA Civ 336
The Appellant’s claim against the Respondent NHS trusts had been struck out on the basis that there was no reasonably arguable duty of care owed to her. She appealed against this decision. Her father...
View ArticleJC & A Solicitors Limited v Andeen Iqbal & others [2017] EWCA Civ 355
A firm of solicitors appealed against a decision concerning the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents as it stood before 2013. The solicitors had acted for...
View ArticlePT Civil Engineering v Davies [2017] EWHC 1651 (QB)
The appellant (P) appealed against a judgment given for the respondent (D) in his claim for damages for personal injury. D had been working as a self-employed worker, driving a van owned by P. A fire...
View ArticleRedman v Zurich Insurance PLC and ESJS1 LTD [2017] EWHC 1919 (QB)
The Claimant brought a claim under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 alleging that her husband’s death had been caused by asbestos exposure whilst he was employed by the 2nd...
View ArticleWoodburn v Thomas – Sen Cts Costs Office (Master McCloud) 11/08/2017
The court provided guidance on drafting bills of costs in details assessments in cases subject to the CPR Part 3 costs budgeting regime. The bill of costs specified costs claimed on a phase-by-phase...
View ArticleDarrell Baker (A Protected Party by his Litigation Friend Kerry Baker) v...
The Claimant, an electrician, brought a claim for personal injuries arising out of an electric shock he sustained while repairing a light fitting. As a result of the shock he suffered a cardiac arrest...
View ArticleThomas v Hugh James Ford Simey Solicitors [2017] EWCA Civ 1303
Mr Thomas brought a professional negligence claim against his previous solicitors for allegedly settling his claim in respect of Vibration White Finger for an under-value. He argued that he had not...
View ArticleArmes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60
The Claimant had been in the care of the Defendant council between the ages of 7 and 18. During that time she had been placed with two sets of foster parents. She was physically and emotionally abused...
View ArticlePetroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Appellant) v Ryan and...
The respondent Claimants were diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and reactive airways disease respectively, which they attributed to emissions of hydrocarbon gases from land under the Appellant’s...
View ArticleAdvantage Insurance Ltd v Ewere (16 November 2017, QBD, Slade J)
The Claimant insurance company applied for committal of the Defendant for contempt of court. The Defendant had stated in the original personal injury action that he was in a parked vehicle when it was...
View ArticleIvor Cook v Swansea City Council [2017] EWCA Civ 2142, [2017] All ER (D) 110...
The claimant brought an action against the local authority on the basis that it had breached its duty under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 (‘OLA’) in failing to grit a car park which it owned and...
View ArticleCN and another (through their Litigation Friend the Official Solicitor) v...
The claimants and their mother were placed in local authority housing. The first claimant suffered from severe physical and learning difficulties, and was a child ‘in need’ for the purposes of s.17 of...
View ArticleLondon Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games v Haydn...
LOCOG appealed against a finding of a Recorder that a Claimant was not fundamentally dishonest for the purposes of section 57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. The Claimant brought a claim for...
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