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Motor Fraud Briefing – low velocity impact and fundamental dishonesty
In this edition of our Motor Fraud Briefing, Francesca O’Neill and Simon Trigger discuss and comment on recent important decisions which give helpful and thorough guidance to courts dealing with road traffic accidents in which low velocity impact and fundamental dishonesty issues arise. These decisions…
Clinical Negligence Briefing – December 2018
In this edition of our Clinical Negligence Briefing, Katie Ayres examines the possible implications for medical practitioners, particularly those practising in paediatrics, of the pending decision of the Supreme Court in CN v Poole Borough Council, while Ella Davis and Dominique Smith take a look…
TATLA Briefing – December 2018
Can it really be that time of year again? No sooner has the fully-dressed, flame-retardant plastic Christmas tree been dispatched to the cupboard under the stairs than it is time to fetch it out again. We have enjoyed another eventful year on the travel law…
Junior Practitioner Group Briefing – October 2018
Richard and Dominique joined Chambers as new tenants on 1st October 2018, having successfully completed their pupillages with 1 Chancery Lane. In this briefing Richard will analyse some recent cost decisions and Dominique reviews some recent developments in coronial law. Richard and Dominique will be…
TATLA Briefing – August 2018
In April 2018 the Ministry of Justice published a new Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Package Travel Claims. It governs all claims arising from gastric illness during package holidays where the letter of claim was sent after 7th May 2018 and the value of…
TATLA Briefing – May 2018
In 2017 Lord Sumption delivered a lecture to the Personal Injuries Bar Association entitled, “The Death of Personal Injury Law”. This was (probably) just a provocative lecture title, rather than a manifesto. However, it may be fair to say that the content of this presentation…
Property Law Briefing – Service by Email?
The Party Wall Act 1996 contains provisions that deal with service of documents by email (s.15(1A)-(1C)). The provisions are similar to the CPR in that they require the recipient to have stated a willingness to receive the notice or document by email (see CPR 6APD…
TATLA Briefing – March 2018
Regular readers of this Journal will know that the picture illustrations used in our header tend to the literal (we yield to no one in our lack of imagination). It would, therefore, be customary to insert a “Clip-art” Spring Lamb for this March edition, but…
Personal Injury Briefing – Abuse
2018 has started with an even greater degree of scrutiny upon abuse than ever before. Almost every corner of life is having light shone onto it in order to expose abuse. Naturally, not all allegations are meritorious, and even the dividing lines are being debated…
CN v Poole Borough Council – Briefing Note on the Decision of the Court of Appeal
CN v Poole Borough Council Briefing Note on the Decision of the Court of Appeal On December 21st 2017, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in CN v Poole Borough Council. This briefing note explains this decision, which is of importance to all…
Construction Negligence: an overview of 2017
The end of the year lends itself to a time of reflection, and similarly to case-law reviews. As I pick which professional – from social workers to solicitors – to focus upon, I return to that reliable source of litigation: Construction. 2017 has been another…
TATLA Briefing – December 2017
For this final Newsletter of the year we return to private international law and the issue of jurisdiction. Powerful obiter from the Court of Appeal suggests that the use of anchor Defendants (Article 8(1) of recast Brussels I) needs to be considered rather more carefully…
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