19/08/2020
Edward Lamb and Tom Rainsbury have all been appointed to the London B Panel. This appointment is for 5 years, commences on 1 September 2020 and followed an open competition.
The Attorney General’s panels of counsel consist of junior counsel who undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. Counsel on the panels continue to be available to be instructed in their existing practice areas and to act against the government as well as for the government.
The competition to be selected for a panel is described as ‘fierce’ and only those junior counsel of the ‘highest quality’ are selected. Chambers congratulates them all on their achievement.
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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