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‘Failure to Remove’ Claims – Supreme Court grants permission to appeal in two cases
The Supreme Court has today granted permission to appeal to the defendants in HXA v Surrey CC and YXA v Wolverhampton CC, in which the claimants advanced claims alleging negligence on the part of social workers in not taking action to remove them from the…
‘Failure to remove’ claims: HXA v Surrey CC and YXA v Wolverhampton CC in the Court of Appeal
In a judgment handed down today, the Court of Appeal has allowed the appeals of the claimants in the joined appeals in HXA v Surrey CC; YXA v Wolverhampton CC [2022] EWCA Civ 1196. Stacey J had upheld the striking out of negligence claims against…
‘Failure to Remove’ Claims: Some Further Developments
The new year is not yet a month old and yet there have already been two significant judgments handed down since the last strains of Auld Lang Syne died out. Both are of considerable assistance to those defending ‘failure to remove’ claims against local authorities….
1CL Webinar: Material Contribution and Causation: Trump Card or Busted Flush?
In this webinar, Paul Stagg and Lisa Dobie seek to explain the circumstances in which a claim may succeed on the basis of demonstrating a material contribution to an adverse outcome in the clinical negligence context. They consider the concept’s relationship to the establishment of…
1CL Virtual Open Day
Our Virtual Open Day gave aspiring barristers and law students the opportunity to hear from some of our barristers and from our senior clerk, and to have their questions answered. The programme: Introduction to 1CL and Pupillage – Paul Stagg Mini Pupillages – Ella Davis…
1CL Weekly Webinar: Back to Basics: Limitation in Personal Injury Cases
In the third of our summer Back to Basics series, Back to Basics: Limitation in Personal Injury Cases, Paul Stagg and Susanna Bennett examine limitation issues in personal injury cases, giving practitioners an up-to-date understanding on when the primary limitation period starts to run against…
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