BLM | Global | 29 Mar 2018
In a paper published this month titled "Smoking, Smoking Cessation, And The Risk Of Hearing Loss: Japan Epidemiology Collaboration On Occupational…
BLM | United Kingdom | 29 Mar 2018
In March 2017 we reported on the case of Greenway et al v Johnson Mathie Plc (article here). Three of the five claimants proceeded to appeal the…
BLM | United Kingdom | 29 Mar 2018
In October last year we wrote about the Ministry of Justice’s response to its consultation on revising the personal injury discount rate (a copy of…
BLM | United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2018
The Court of Appeal in Graham Thomas v Hugh James Ford Simey Solicitors [2017] (judgment here) has considered a professional negligence claim against…
BLM | United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2018
The Court of Appeal has ruled that claimants may not “blow hot and cold” with which regime they are entitled to select when it comes to costs, i.e…
BLM | United Kingdom, USA | 3 Jan 2018
In the October edition of the Disease Review we reported that in a US decision Eva Echeverria received an award of damages against Johnson & Johnson…
BLM | United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2018
In Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust & Secretary of State for Justice the Court of Appeal ruled that section 1 of the Fatal Accidents Act…
BLM | United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2018
The High Court in Abdulrahman Mohammed v The Home Office [2017] EWHC 2809 (QB) has ruled that the additional 10% uplift on damages which the court is…
BLM | United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2018
In Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council the Supreme Court has held that local authorities are not subject to a “non-delegable duty” to ensure that…
BLM | United Kingdom | 20 Oct 2017
In March of this year we wrote an update on the revision from the discount rate of 2.5% to -0.75% (link here). Since then the Ministry of Justice…