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The Dekagram: 10th June 2024
Glover & Anor v Fluid Structural Engineers & Technical Designers Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1257 (TCC) – a case highlighting the dangers of getting involved in the preparation of experts’ joint statements This judgment follows an application by the claimants within proceedings seeking permission to replace…
Lawyer-Client Relationship: Scope of Duty
In this practice note for Practical Law, Francesca O’Neill outlines the law relating to the scope of duty that a lawyer or solicitor practising in England and Wales owes to their client and when they may owe a duty to a third party. The note…
The Dekagram: 3rd June 2024
This week’s Dekagram is an update on the factors the court is likely to take into account when considering whether to allow a party to call witness evidence by way of videolink – and a reminder that obtaining permission to do so is far from…
The Dekagram: 28th May 2024
In this week’s Dekagram we bring news of a case involving accusations and counter-accusations, a reminder that when litigating whatever you write or say, you must be prepared to have it read out in the Court of Appeal to an unimpressed Lady Chief Justice. Our…
Consultation Paper Seeks Reform of Limitation Law in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
The Ministry of Justice has released a consultation paper seeking views on potential reforms to the law of limitation in child sexual abuse cases in England and Wales. Under the current law, child sexual abuse cases in civil courts are subject to the same three-year…
The Dekagram: 20th May 2024
We trust that our readers have been enjoying the Spring sunshine; the team have spent their time in the sun wisely, reading cases so you don’t have to. First we noted a decision which considers the interplay between English and Scottish guardianship; secondly we read…
The Dekagram: 13th May 2024
Last week brought the news that the Australian airline Qantas and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have agreed to resolve their dispute over cancelled flights by asking the court to impose a $100 million fine, together with an undertaking by the airline to pay…
The Dekagram: 7th May 2024
This week Anirudh Mandagere looks at the application of the decision of the Supreme Court in TUI v Griffiths; and Julia Brechtelsbauer looks at the reforms under way to the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018. It seems likely that both Griffiths and…
The Dekagram: 29th April 2024
This week’s Dekagram sees the team in action on all fronts, both in applying and in making the law. Sarah Prager reports on a cancellation claim decision from the Court of Appeal and on the recent Symposium on Air Accessibility, attended by all the great…
Withholding Disclosure in Family Cases: T (Children: Non-Disclosure) [2024] EWCA Civ 241
This case concerned an appeal which overturned Mr Justice Francis’ decision to withhold disclosure of a child’s mental health struggles from their father. Factual and Procedural History This appeal arose in the context of private law dispute involving two children, aged 12 and 8. In…
The Dekagram: 22nd April 2024
We’ve said it before, and no doubt will again: you wait ages for a jurisdiction challenge to come along, and then a bunch of them come along at once. The post-Brexit avalanche of challenges continues unabated, this week seeing cases involving highly unusual facts from…
Medical Negligence as a novus actus interveniens
To paraphrase Lady Bracknell, to pay for one catastrophic injury may be regarded as a misfortune; to pay for the consequences of subsequent negligent medical treatment looks like carelessness. All personal injury practitioners will be familiar with a variant on this theme – the man…
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