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The operation and future of Practice Direction 3D and the Asbestos List

The operation and future of Practice Direction 3D and the Asbestos List

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Henderson v Henderson considered in context of unfair prejudice proceedings (Taylor Goodchild Ltd v Taylor and Scott Taylor Law Ltd)

Henderson v Henderson considered in context of unfair prejudice proceedings (Taylor Goodchild Ltd v Taylor and Scott Taylor Law Ltd)

The following Corporate news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Henderson v Henderson considered in context of unfair prejudice proceedings (Taylor Goodchild Ltd v Taylor and Scott Taylor Law Ltd)

Who to sue? Non-delegable duties of care to patients and vicarious liability for self-employed dentists (Hughes v Rattan)

Who to sue? Non-delegable duties of care to patients and vicarious liability for self-employed dentists (Hughes v Rattan)

The following Dispute Resolution news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Who to sue? Non-delegable duties of care to patients and vicarious liability for self-employed dentists (Hughes v Rattan)

Factor in Factortame—funding and champerty for creative litigation lawyers (Farrar (deceased) v Candey Ltd and another)

Factor in Factortame—funding and champerty for creative litigation lawyers (Farrar (deceased) v Candey Ltd and another)

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False imprisonment

False imprisonment

False imprisonmentLiabilityFalse imprisonment consists of the complete deprivation of liberty without a lawful basis. Claims will in practice be made...

Medco

Medco

MedcoSTOP PRESS: A new RTA small claims protocol for whiplash claims comes into effect for accidents occurring on or after 31 May 2021. The small...

Motor claims in the Portal—a practical guide (Stage 1)

Motor claims in the Portal—a practical guide (Stage 1)

Motor claims in the Portal—a practical guide (Stage 1)The Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents—30 April...

EL/PL claims in the portal—a practical guide (Stage 1)

EL/PL claims in the portal—a practical guide (Stage 1)

EL/PL claims in the portal—a practical guide (Stage 1)This Practice Note provides an overview of the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury...

Practice notes

Time limits under the Limitation Act 1980—personal injury claims

Time limits under the Limitation Act 1980—personal injury claimsThe Limitation Act 1980 is referred to as LA 1980.LA 1980 sets out the time limits...
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19th May
Practice notes

Credit hire—an introduction

Credit hire—an introductionReplacement vehicles and hire generallyWhere a driver’s vehicle has suffered damage in an accident sufficient for it to...
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Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson 19th May
Practice notes

The employer’s duty of care

The employer’s duty of careOverriding dutiesAt common law, an employer is under a duty to take reasonable care of the health and safety of its...
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19th May
Practice notes

Future loss of earnings—personal injury claims

Future loss of earnings—personal injury claimsNOTE: On 15 July 2019, at the conclusion of the first review of the discount rate, the Lord Chancellor...
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19th May
Practice notes

Product liability—claims in negligence

Product liability—claims in negligenceThe duty of careThe general principles of negligence apply, namely that the claimant has to establish that the...
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19th May
Practice notes

Bringing a claim against a public authority in negligence—basis of duty

Bringing a claim against a public authority in negligence—basis of dutyWhen will a public authority owe a duty of care?The Supreme Court considered...
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19th May
Practice notes

Untraced drivers and the role of the MIB—for accidents occurring on or after 1 March 2017

Untraced drivers and the role of the MIB—for accidents occurring on or after 1 March 2017NOTE: For accidents after 1 March 2017 the Motor Insurers'...
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19th May
Practice notes

The court’s power to extend the time limit—section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980

The court’s power to extend the time limit—section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980The Limitation Act 1980 is referred to as LA 1980.The power to...
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19th May
Practice notes

Uninsured drivers and the role of the MIB—for accidents occurring on or after 1 August 2015

Uninsured drivers and the role of the MIB—for accidents occurring on or after 1 August 2015NOTE: This Practice Note deals with the MIB Uninsured...
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19th May
Practice notes

Quantifying damages for the estate under the Law Reform Act

Quantifying damages for the estate under the Law Reform ActWhat can be claimed by the estate under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...
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19th May
Precedents

Schedule of special damages—serious injury multi track

[IN THE COUNTY COURT AT [INSERT]ORIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE][[SPECIFY DIVISION]][[INSERT LOCATION] DISTRICT REGISTRY]Claim No:Between[Insert...
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19th May
Practice notes

Psychiatric injury—secondary victims

Psychiatric injury—secondary victimsWhat is a secondary victim?A primary victim is a claimant who was directly involved as a participant in the...
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Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson 19th May
Q&As

What costs are payable on a matter which is in the MOJ portal but settles for less than £1,000? At the time that the matter was entered in the portal the claim was valued at over £1,000.

What costs are payable on a matter which is in the MOJ portal but settles for less than £1,000? At the time that the matter was entered in the portal...
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19th May
Practice notes

Applying for an interim payment order in personal injury claims

Applying for an interim payment order in personal injury claimsTiming and procedureA claimant can apply for an interim payment order after the end of...
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Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson 19th May
Practice notes

Military claims

Military claimsBackgroundIt is helpful to put the law relating to military claims into historical context.Until 1987, section 10 of the Crown...
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19th May
Practice notes

Misfeasance in public office

Misfeasance in public officeThe tort of misfeasanceMisfeasance in public office is a tort that is rarely invoked in personal injury claims. It is only...
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19th May

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Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of sharesThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, eg upon a sale of the shares, through the transmission of the shares by operation of law (eg upon the death or bankruptcy of a shareholder), by gift or upon the enforcement of a charge. For

Easements and perpetuities

Easements and perpetuities

Drafting—2009 ActThe Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 effectively disapplies the rule against perpetuities from future easements granted on or after 6 April 2010, so a draftsman now need not be concerned to specify a perpetuity period. Any restrictions on the exercise of the easement

False imprisonment

False imprisonment

False imprisonmentLiabilityFalse imprisonment consists of the complete deprivation of liberty without a lawful basis. Claims will in practice be made against a public body that exercises detention powers, usually a local police force, the Secretary of State for the Home Department or the Secretary

Contract interpretation—express terms in contracts

Contract interpretation—express terms in contracts

Contract interpretation—express terms in contractsExpress and implied contractual terms distinguishedContractual terms may be either express or implied:•express terms—are terms which are actually recorded in a written contract or openly expressed in an oral contract at the time the contract is made