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By: Kelly Penstone-Smith
Christopher Quinlan QC Extends his Independent Judicial Panel Chairman Role
World Rugby has announced the re-appointment of Christopher Quinlan QC as Independent Judicial Panel Chairman for another four-year term. https://www.world.rugby/news/607288/christopher-quinlan-extends-independent-judicial-panel-chairman-role
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Aidan O’Brien appointed as World Rugby Judicial Officer
Aidan O’Brien has been appointed as a judicial officer by World Rugby. He will chair disciplinary hearings arising from international test matches. Aidan also sits as a Judicial Chairman for the RFU, adjudicating on disciplinary and competition appeals arising from levels 1-4 of the game (Premiership, Championship and National Leagues 1 & 2).
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How to Assess Damages for Breaches under the GDPR : A Practical Guide
Valuations of claims for general damages for breaches of the GDPR are tricky, not least because of the absence of a large body of higher court authority. However, it is possible to discern through authorities the general approach adopted by the courts. Summarised below by Huw Davies and Leonard Wigg of Farrar’s Building, are some […]
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John Brown of Farrar’s Building is Appointed to the RFU Disciplinary Panel
From January 2021, John Brown will sit in London as a Rugby Football Union Judicial Panel Member at disciplinary hearings involving both on and off-field conduct at Levels 1-5 of the game. Click here to read more about John’s practice.
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‘Lost years’ loss of earnings – Substance over form
In Head v The Culver Heating Co Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 34 the Court of Appeal has clarified the approach to claims for ‘lost years’ loss of earnings from a business owned and operated by the claimant. The Court held that the substance of earnings mattered over their form such that dividend income was, on […]
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Limitation, Section 33 and Prejudice: Death of a Surgeon
The recent case of Azam v University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3384 (QB) is an interesting appeal against a decision under s.33 of the Limitation Act 1980 (‘LA 1980’) to allow a clinical negligence claim to proceed some 18 years out of time in circumstances where the allegedly negligent operating surgeon had […]
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“I can’t breathe”: Jury find system wide failures contributed to death of Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke was 35-year-old black man who died after being restrained by police in Lewisham, South London, on 9 March 2018. Mr Clarke had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia since the age of 17 and at the time of his death was experiencing a mental health episode. On the day of his death, residential support workers […]
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Volenti non fit injuria in OLA 1957 cases considered by the Court of Appeal in The White Lion Hotel v James
In the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in The White Lion Hotel v James [2021] EWCA Civ 31 Lady Justice Nicola Davies gave the leading judgment of the Court of Appeal, to which both Laing LJ and King LJ agreed. Tom Bourne-Arton considers the effect on Occupiers’ Liability. The claim involved a fatal […]
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