On 6th June 2017 Tom Little was called as a Bencher of Middle Temple by the current Master Treasurer of the Inn, Lord Dyson. Masters of the Bench, known as Benchers, are responsible for the governance of the Inn and are elected by the current Benchers. Most of the Inn’s Benchers are Queen’s Counsel or senior members of the judiciary and it is a sign of the respect with which Tom is held by the profession that he has been called as a Bencher when a junior and at only 19 years’ call.
The Supreme Court has ruled that claims for compensation by a man who killed three people, but was acquitted by a jury in the Crown Court on the grounds of insanity, are barred by the doctrine of illegality. The Claimant, Mr Lewis-Ranwell, sought damages from…
In this week’s Dekagram Dominique Smith examines a recent decision of the Court of Appeal considering and endorsing 90:10 split liability offers (contrary to the received wisdom following the decision of the High Court in Mundy v TUI [2023] EWHC 385 (Ch); and Robbie Parkin…
Kerry analyses Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the Supreme Court’s attempt to impose coherence on decades of caselaw from McLoughlin, Alcock and Frost through Walters, Shorter and Ronayne. She then asks the hard question for modern travel law practitioners: what, if anything, can claimants do…
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