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Court of Appeal reaffirms principles on limitation periods in professional negligence claims

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 13 2013

In the case of Susan Berney v Thomas Saul (ta Thomas Saul & Co) 2013 EWCA Civ 640, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the County

Regulatory press round-up: June 2013

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 6 2013

The General Optical Council (GOC) recently launched a consultation on draft guidance for its Fitness to Practise (FTP) Panels when faced with

Medical Defence Union recruits more staff to cope with rising volume of claims against doctors

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2013

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has recruited six additional staff to advise its members on complaints and claims instigated against them. The MDU

General Dental Council v Jamous, 2013 EWHC 1428

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 5 2013

This appeal by way of case stated from District Judge Roscoe at Westminster Magistrates Court considered the question of whether tooth whitening comes

Camarata - the meaning of "gross negligence"

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 1 2011

English law has traditionally been unable and unwilling to draw a distinction between "gross negligence" and "ordinary negligence" and in that sense "gross negligence" does not exist in English law

Claims for loss of profit

  • 1 Chancery Lane
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 15 2012

Where a party asserts that a breach of contract or the commission of a tort has caused him to lose profit he would otherwise have made, the first question to ask is whether or not on the particular facts that type of loss is recoverable as a matter of law

Architects’ duties to inspect the works

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 24 2007

In the following case, the judge observed that the architect’s inspection role has been the subject of surprisingly few cases

Pilot of fixed costs scheme for clinical negligence claims

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 29 2013

The Law Society Gazette last week reported on a proposal by the NHS Litigation Authority to pilot a fixed costs scheme for clinical negligence claims

‘No transaction’ damages in professional negligence cases

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 15 2013

A number of recent High Court decisions have involved cases in which lenders have taken action against their former legal advisors for negligence

The clock is ticking faster than you think

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 5 2010

Claims for professional negligence can be time-barred and lenders should not leave it too late to bring them, say Mathew Ditchburn and Paul Tonkin

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