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Disease brief - blame the parents

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2011

A recent case has expanded the potential liabilities of parent companies for their subsidiaries

Alternative treatment

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2011

During his employment by the Defendant as a joiner between 1974 and 1980 the Claimant was negligently exposed to asbestos, as a result of which he contracted mesothelioma

Result of the second leg: Scottish Government 2 - Insurers 0

  • MacRoberts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 14 2011

In January 2010, we told you that Lord Emslie in the Court of Session had rejected a challenge from a group of leading insurance companies in relation to the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions)(Scotland) Act 2009 ("the 2009 Act"

Defendant entitled to rely on surveillance evidence disclosed close to trial; in the circumstances this did not amount to trial by ambush

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 8 2011

On 1 February 2011 the Defendant sought permission to use surveillance evidence at a trial due to commence on 14 March 2011, only six weeks later

A child v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4.03.11

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 28 2011

An order under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 prohibiting the identification of a child in any newspaper report of the terms of a personal injury settlement was appropriate

English damages awarded against the MIB for an accident in Spain

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 9 2011

According to Rome II English judges should ordinarily apply the law of the country where the accident occurs when calculating the value of a claim for an accident in the EC

U.K. court confirms arbitration award against reinsurer and in favor of P&C insurer that paid sums under settlements

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 16 2011

A reinsurer challenged an arbitration award finding coverage in favor of a P&C insurer in six cases where the insurer had paid sums under compromise agreements

Claimant receives £10,000 after he suffered from a malfunctioning pacemaker for over two years - X v Barts & the London NHS Trust 06.04.10

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 1 2011

On 20 July 2006, the Claimant (aged 67 years) underwent surgery at a hospital of the Defendant Trust for a bi-ventricular pacemaker to be fitted

Causation and limitation

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 17 2010

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has successfully appealed against a decision allowing more than 1,000 ex-servicemen to proceed with claims for damages for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to fallout from British nuclear weapon tests in Australia and on islands in the Pacific Ocean during the Cold War in the 1950s

Court rules on PCT’s decision to withdraw funding for continuing care

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 10 2010

In Booker v NHS Oldham and Direct Line Insurance, B applied for judicial review of the decision of NHS Oldham (the PCT) to withdraw funding for an NHS continuing healthcare (CHC) package