RPC | United Kingdom | 28 Jun 2022
The cost of living is at an all-time high, with interest rates increasing and inflation currently sitting at around 9%. The chances of a recession in…
Gatehouse Chambers | United Kingdom | 26 May 2022
The NHS Injury Cost Recovery Scheme (ICR) sets out the circumstances where costs for NHS treatment to an injured person can be recovered from those…
Gatehouse Chambers | United Kingdom | 26 May 2022
On the 28th April the Health and Social Care Committee published its report into NHS litigation reform. The cross-party Committee suggests that we…
Gatehouse Chambers | United Kingdom | 26 May 2022
It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security that the formal requirements for an expert report, as set out in CPR 35.10, Practice Direction…
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 10 May 2022
Courts usually tend to allow cases to proceed rather than dismissing them on grounds of delay. The recent decision of Mr Justice Simons in Rooney v…
Browne Jacobson LLP | United Kingdom | 2 Mar 2022
A teacher claimed that she had slipped on a wet floor when returning to her classroom during a parents’ evening. Proceedings were issued against the…
RPC | United Kingdom | 22 Feb 2022
In a recent case, the High Court dismissed UBS's challenge to jurisdiction in a $495 million claim, and gave useful guidance as to "where the damage has occurred" in cases of economic loss: claims relating to margin calls in London should be heard in the English courts.
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 18 Jan 2022
In the early hours of 4 March 2014, a motorist, K, was driving along the A413 in Buckinghamshire. It was a freezing night and K lost control of his…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 16 Dec 2021
Without expert evidence there is no clinical negligence litigation. Experts are at the heart of the process and occupy a unique and important role…
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Global, Myanmar, etc. | 7 Dec 2021
Meta faces US and UK class action litigation alleging its Facebook platform’s failure to adequately police content contributed to the ongoing violence in Myanmar.