Edward Lamb has recently had 2 articles published in leading legal publications:
In the recent April 2022 edition of the Journal of Personal Injury Law, Edward discusses issues relating to capacity in injury litigation. The article can be found here.
Following the recent success in X v CICA, FTT [2022], the Judgment was reported in the April 2022 edition of PI Focus. X v. CICA dealt with the effect of a High Court award, when that award was de facto unenforceable against a perpetrator. The FTT adopted a purposeful interpretation to paragraph 85 of the 2012 Scheme (which limits recovery with an extant Judgment debt) and this led to the appeal being successful. A link to the article can be found here.
Edward Lamb is listed as a leading junior in the Legal 500 and his specialisms cover PI, Clinical Negligence, the law relating to children and the Court of Protection. He leads the Court of Protection team at 9 Gough Chambers and was appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel (Civil B) in 2021.
Prevention of Future Death reports (“PFDs”) are an increasingly utilised tool in inquests, by which a coroner can draw attention to matters for which action could be taken to prevent future deaths. In 2023, the number of PFDs issued by coroners increased to 550 reports,…
This week we bring you a further example of the dangers associated with the use of artificial intelligence in litigation, without the tempering effect of any checks or balances. As more and more of these example come to light, we can expect the courts to…
In the Northamptonshire case, the Court of Appeal allowed the Chief Constable’s appeal, holding that the police had not owed a duty of care to warn the claimant that they had received a report that her former partner, who had threatened her with violence, was…
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