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Regular readers will already be aware of the team’s concerns about the enthusiastic embrace amongst some judges (cough – Sir Geoffrey Vos MR – cough) of artificial intelligence in a legal context. Naturally the use of intelligence of any variety in the…
Although the Ogden Tables (8th Edition) were published in July 2020 there is little by way of reported case law regarding the revised (and remarkably helpful) explanatory notes which accompany them.
Barry v Ministry of Defence
After grappling with all the arguments that can arise out of how to compensate a claimant for the need for a new property (how to deal with short life expectancy, what credit to give for properties which would have been purchased in…
With effect from 6 April 2023, Practice Direction 21 was revoked and Part 21 was amended to incorporate some of the provisions previously in PD21 (as well as some other changes).
Practitioners will be familiar with this section of the Civil Procedure…
This week the team was aghast to read an extremely surprising judgment interpreting Regulation (EU) No.261/2004 (‘the Denied Boarding Regulation’). No, not the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the pilot death cases (discussed below) – but…
The Public Law Working Group’s supervision order sub-group was established to consider how supervision orders could be made more robust and effective. Their final report was published in April 2023. A variety of professionals with considerable experience in child protection and family…
We trust our readers enjoyed the Eurovision on Saturday every bit as much as we did; with the Deka Chambers Eurovision Sweepstake Shield up for grabs, there could hardly have been more to play for. Similarly, in a recent case Master Thornett…
Keen readers may recall a previous article of mine in the April 2021 edition of PI focus titled ‘Life and Limb – tips on running amputation claims’. The present article is very much a follow-up to that earlier effort and offers further…
Cases involving a foreign element can be a minefield for practitioners, and with foreign travel back on the agenda after the end of the Covid lockdowns it is important to reacquaint ourselves with the rules around expert evidence in these cases.
The…
In all the excitement this week – yes, the inaugural Deka Chambers Eurovision Sweepstake was drawn on Thursday – you could be forgiven for missing an important decision on the recoverability of Spanish penalty interest, considered below. And it’s also worth bearing…
