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Queens Bench Guidance
Please find the latest Queens Bench guidance for hearings from June 15, before QB Masters, here.
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Updated Civil Listing Priorities W/C 25.05.20
For an update of the civil listing priorities during the current pandemic, please click here.
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Abuse of Process: Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal strike out of credit hire claim
In the third and final round of this claim, the Court of Appeal has refused the Claimant permission to appeal the concurrent conclusions of DDJ Shedden and HHJ Murdoch QC. The acceptance of the offer expressed in the Stage 2 Pack amounted to full and final settlement of the entire claim. In what was essentially […]
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When Does a Successful PI Claimant NOT Recover All Their Costs?
The costs decision in Morrow v Shrewsbury Rugby Union Football Club [2020] EWHC 999 (QB) was recently handed down and is a helpful reminder of the discretion of the court in costs matters. The Claimant was successful in the PI action but was held to have exaggerated the claim, but not sufficiently for fundamental dishonesty […]
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Covid-19 and Refusing to Return to Work: Claims for Discrimination, by Changez Khan
Introduction As many employees are being instructed to return to their workplaces today, some are likely to object on health grounds. So what happens if there is a stand-off? Can an employer force an employee to return? If he refuses, can it discipline him, dock his wages or even dismiss? If an employer fails to […]
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Guidance for Electronic Court Bundles
Hot off the press is the following guidance as to electronic court bundles from HHJ Hodge QC, reported on Lawtel this morning. Sitting in the Business and Property Courts in Manchester in the case of Taibly (2020) [2020] EWHC 1135 (Ch), HHJ Hodge QC sets out his summary on the subject at paragraph 5 of the judgment: […]
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PPE Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Potential Claims Against Employers, by James Plant
If one thing illustrates how the Personal Injury market is coping with moving to remote working during lockdown it is the fact that the first claims in respect of Personal Injury / death arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic are already being intimated; Claimant firms / Claims Management Companies are already advertising for new clients […]
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Sexism Claim Dismissed – Employment Tribunal rules telling a woman she “has balls” suggests ‘defiant bravery’.
Tom Bourne-Arton, acting for a Respondent in the Central London Employment Tribunal, has successfully defended a six figure claim for damages for sexual harassment, sex discrimination and victimisation. The tribunal dismissed all claims brought by the Claimant. The judgment has received coverage in the press and can be read in full here. Tom Bourne-Arton is […]
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