30/01/2025
In Adegboyega v Secretary of State of the Home Department (2025) EWHC 155 (KB) the High Court (HHJ Roberts) held, in the context of a claim for unlawful detention and trespass to the person leading to psychiatric injury, that pre-judgment interest is not recoverable on an award of damages under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This is a finding which will be of particular interest to local authorities responding to claims for alleged human rights violations in a range of different fields of the law.
This week we examine a decision on the tension between open justice and protection of commercially sensitive information (we understand, by the way, that on 25th February the Court of Appeal will hear the appeal in PMC relating to the circumstances in which anonymity orders…
This week we look at two decisions, both of which will be of critical importance to practitioners in pursuance of contested litigation. In one, unusually, without prejudice correspondence was admissible in a case involving fundamental dishonesty; whilst in the other, the court reviewed the authorities…
Following a 5-day liability trial in the High Court in Manchester, the Claimant’s negligence and Human Rights Act claims were dismissed by HHJ Bird sitting as a Judge of the High Court. The Claimant was a Type 1 diabetic who suffered from a history of…
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