In yesterday’s webinar, Edward Bishop QC and Laura Johnson discussed the challenges of secondary victim cases.
They considered the application of the control mechanisms set out in the case of Alcock v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, and the appeal decision in the case of Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which considers the question of what is meant by the requirement that the secondary victim be proximate in time and space to the “event”.
If you missed it, you can view it here
Laura Johnson KC and James Byrne have secured a multi-million pound settlement for a young woman who suffered horrifying avulsion injuries including the total loss of her scalp and right ear when her ponytail became trapped in factory drill. This was a highly unusual and…
We hope our readers enjoyed the long Easter weekend and grasped the opportunity, as we did, to spend a restful few days away from the coalface. We kept one eye on the courts though, and it’s just as well we did, because last week brought…
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…
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