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Undoubtedly, 2020 has been a year where parties will have faced difficulty in progressing claims owing to the lockdown / semi lockdown state of flux we have found ourselves in. Parties will want to ensure that claims keep pressing forward to a conclusion and (where appropriate) a costs order. I doubt there has ever been a time where applications for interim payments on account of costs have been more important to keep cases going. David Thomson looks at the rules and case law in such applications.
With an ever increasing number of clinics and treatments being provided privately, Nicholas Yell looks at contractual claims in Medical Law and, in particular, when and why a contractual claim might be pleaded.
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Multi-million pound settlement in horrific industrial accident
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…
The Dekagram: 22nd April 2025
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…
Clarity on Intermediaries in Family Law Proceedings
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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