General liability newsletter - July 2018
United Kingdom - July 31 2018 Whilst there remains some uncertainty regarding the application of Qualified One Way Costs shifting where a claim is settled against one of two or...
Health and safety update June 2018
United Kingdom, European Union - June 25 2018 In March 2016, Summer Grant, 7, was killed at a fairground in Harlow, Essex, when she was blown away inside an unsecured bouncy castle. Married couple...
Martin Hunter, Nick McMahon, Mamata Dutta.
Court of Appeal upholds decision that insurer liable for costs of defending uninsured claims
United Kingdom - May 31 2018 The Court of Appeal held in Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ 2018 EWCA 10 that the Defendant insurer was liable to meet a third party costs...
Robert John, Dorothy Flower, Nick McMahon.
Patients lose metal on metal hip replacement litigation
United Kingdom - May 31 2018 In Gee and others v Depuy International Limited 2018 EWHC 1208 (QB) Mrs Justice Andrews found that the Defendant manufacturers of metal on metal hip...
Robert John, Dorothy Flower, Nick McMahon.
The EU Product Liability Directive - is it still relevant?
European Union - May 31 2018 Directive 85374EEC - the "Product Liability Directive" came into force on 30 July 1985. It established the principle of liability without fault...
Robert John, Dorothy Flower, Nick McMahon.
