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Court of Appeal rules equity partner’s demotion was not conduct extending over a period but a one-off act with continuing consequences.

Published: 19/01/2022 | News

Claimants wishing to bring a discrimination claim under the Equality Act 2010 must do so within 3 months of the discriminatory conduct. Claimants can bring their claim in respect of conduct extending beyond 3 months if the conduct was a sequence of events and the last chain in the event occurred within 3 months of […]

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How Can the Sport and Activity Industry Create Safer Cultures?

Published: 18/01/2022 | News

This week, Christopher Quinlan QC will be speaking at an event in association with the Ann Craft Trust, exploring how the sport and activity sector can protect and create safer cultures. Please click here for further information. The ACT provides a wealth of useful training resources on safeguarding which can be located here.  

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Geoffrey Williams QC avoids striking off for a Solicitor who admitted multiple acts of dishonesty

Published: 18/01/2022 | News

Geoffrey Williams QC acted for a Solicitor (“K”) in proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, heard in late 2021. A cash shortage on client account had arisen as the result of the actions of a former staff member of K’s firm.  K did not report the matter to the Solicitors Regulation Authority and when confronted […]

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The Court of Appeal and Interim Payments: Buttar Construction Ltd -v- Arshdeep [2021] EWCA Civ 1408

Published: 13/01/2022 | News

Summary This was a personal injury claim in which the Court of Appeal considered arguments in relation to interim payments. The question for the court to consider was whether an interim payment should have been made against one of the Defendants. HHJ Bird, sitting as a High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division, ordered […]

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WEBINAR: Personal Injury Liability Update

Published: 13/01/2022 | Webinars

Date: 12 January 2022 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenter: David Roderick   David Roderick kick starts our 2022 webinar programme with a whistle-stop tour of the general developments in personal injury liability, to include: Duty of care: Identifying a duty of care in negligence. Vicarious liability: Expansion and contraction of the doctrine? Secondary victims: […]

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Recollection versus Medical Records in Clinical Negligence

Published: 11/01/2022 | News

The recent case of HTR v Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 3228 (QB) is an interesting Judgment dealing with an issue familiar to clinical negligence practitioners. John Brown reviews the decision which considers how a court is likely to approach a factual dispute between a witness’ recollection and a note made in a […]

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Blue Manchester Ltd v Bug-Alu Technic GMBH [2021] EWHC 3095 (TCC)

Published: 22/12/2021 | News

Summary An application to strike out the Second Defendant’s witness statements for non-compliance with Practice Direction 32 (“PD32”) and Practice Direction 57AC (“PD57AC”) failed. While criticisms were levelled at the witness statements in question, their failings did not warrant strike out. Further, the Claimant’s application for relief from sanctions failed. His Honour Judge Stephen Davies, […]

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Personalised Seminar Offerings

Published: 14/12/2021 | Seminars

In addition to our public Webinar Series, we also offer personalised, virtual and in-person seminars, in areas of law to include: Personal Injury Clinical Negligence Employment Fraud Insurance Travel Property Damage Product Liability Should you wish to receive a copy of our latest talks, please contact our Marketing Manager Kelly Penstone-Smith with a note of […]

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