The Court of Appeal has finished hearing arguments as to whether the CICA was right to apply the Lord Chancellor’s Prescribed Discount Rate in assessing future care costs in a pre-tariff case under the 1990 Scheme. The rate had been used even though the CICA is not subject to the Damages Act 1996, under which the rate is set.
On 10 April 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down Judgment in Re M (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 440, providing long awaited guidance for deciding whether and when to grant intermediary assistance to vulnerable parties in family proceedings. An intermediary is someone whose function…
This week the government announced a further consultation on proposed amendments to the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018; Anirudh Mandagere considers the proposals in detail and provides a link for the use of those who wish to respond to them. Alternatively, you…
The High Court handed down its judgment in Butler v Ward [2025] EWHC 877 (KB) yesterday, striking out £2.5million of the Claimant’s Schedule of Loss. Francesca O’Neill represented the Defendant surgeon (instructed by DWF LLP). The Judgment also raises interesting questions about when summary judgment applications…
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