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This week’s edition of PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights includes a High Court decision on the application of the Bolam test and the role of...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the 2026 provisional results on employee earnings and working hours, drawing on data from the...
Dispute Resolution analysis: the Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge to the joinder of a deceased defendant’s widow and permission to serve...
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: The Commercial Court considered the scope of the Marex tort, transactions defrauding creditors under section 423...
False imprisonmentLiabilityFalse imprisonment consists of the complete deprivation of liberty without a lawful basis. Claims will in practice be made...
The employer’s duty of careThis Practice Note considers the scope of an employer’s common law duty to ensure the safety of their employees with...
Duty of care and breach in clinical negligence claimsThe duty of careA medical practitioner owes a duty of care to their patient. This duty is to take...
Pain, suffering and loss of amenityValuing the lossHow should an injury be measured in a sum of money? After all no formula can calculate the value of...
Date of knowledge—section 14 of the Limitation Act 1980Actual or constructiveDate of knowledge, defined by section 14 of the Limitation Act 1980 (LA 1980), is in fact a slightly misleading expression because it can arise when a claimant has actual knowledge of the necessary elements of the tort or
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
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