Dear [insert organisation name] This offer is made pursuant to Part 36 CPR We are instructed to put forward an offer which is made pursuant to Part 36 of the Civil...
STOP PRESS: Note that amendments to CPR PD 22 regarding statements of truth will come into force on 6 April 2020. The changes address the issue of cases where a witness...
The following defences may be advanced by an occupier. Contributory negligence The Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 has application in cases brought under...
Dear [insert organisation name] This offer is made pursuant to Part 36 CPR We are instructed to put forward an offer which is made pursuant to Part 36 of the Civil...
This Practice Note aims to provide an overview of the Pre-action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims from 31 July...
This Practice Note aims to provide an overview of the Pre-action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims from 31 July...
Pre-action protocol for low value personal injury (employers' liability and public liability) claims The protocol applies to all claims where: • either the case is an...
Duties and responsibilities of parties and legal advisers Pleadings—CPR By CPR Part 16.5(2), where a defendant denies an allegation set out in the particulars of claim,...
Background The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) was enacted to provide for a common duty of care owed by occupiers of premises. The duty was ‘common’ in that it...
Independent contractors Liability for the negligence of independent contractors Sometimes premises will be left in a dangerous state as a result of faulty construction,...
What are ‘premises’? Although the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) governs the liability of those in occupation or control of premises, premises are not defined....
THIS PRACTICE NOTE ONLY CONTAINS PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE FROM 6 APRIL 2015 ONWARDS FOR CLAIMS WHICH HAVE FOLLOWED THE RTA OR EL/PL PROTOCOL AND FROM 7 MAY 2018 ONWARDS FOR...
The Pre-action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Employers' Liability and Public Liability Claims (the protocol) applies to claims valued up to £25,000...
Background The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) had been enacted to provide for a common duty of care owed by occupiers of premises. The duty was ‘common’ in that...