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Implications for foreseeability in claims for personal injury
The Court of Appeal has ruled that in order to recover damages for personal injury all a claimant for damages for anxiety and distress arising from the negligent conduct of building works needs to prove is that the injury was the foreseeable result of the intrusive works. All that was ...
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Personal injury
Damages - Pain, suffering and loss of amenities - Liability admitted - Assessment of damages Whiten (by his litigation friend, Nowell) v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust: QBD (Mr Justice Swift): 5 August 2011 ...
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Foreign currency
Interest - Court ordering award to claimant in US dollars - Judgments Act 1838 Standard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Hamblen): 1 August 2011 Pursuant ...
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Local authority
Accommodation - Duty to provide - Appellant failed asylum seeker SL v Westminster City Council: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Laws, Richards, Rimer): 10 August 2011 The appellant was an ...
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence R v Weaver: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Laws, Mr Justice Openshaw and Mr Justice Hickinbottom (judgment delivered extempore): 5 August 2011 ...
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Update to the Civil Procedure Rules
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2011 (SI 2007/1979) are a feeble affair with just three provisions, only one of which will be regarded as important by practitioners. Part 36 (offers to settle) ...
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Localism Bill
Some time ago, Paul McCartney sang about a long and winding road that led to his loved-one’s door. Many years later (in a slightly less romantic context) the Localism Bill is also travelling a very long and winding road that will no doubt lead to royal assent, probably in late ...
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Experts’ liability should be welcomed
One of the key recommendations of the Walker reforms of 2009 was to increase the responsibilities of non-executive directors. The reforms proposed that NEDs should spend up to 50% more time in their roles and have a far greater understanding of the business below board level enabling them to challenge ...
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Are advisers the weak link in the data chain?
2011 has been a busy year for hackers. In March, marketing giant, Epsilon, saw details of 2,500 customers on its database fall into unauthorised hands, affecting at least 19 of its client companies. Also in March, a security service and product supplier, RSA, was the subject of a so-called Advanced ...
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Subrogation
Circumstances in which doctrine applicable - Loan used to pay off existing debt to third party Ibrahim and Barclays Bank plc and another: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Vos): 21 July 2011 ...