Aidan O’Brien recently chaired a competition appeal panel relating to breaches of Rugby Football Union Regulations 13.6.12(c) (providing false or misleading information on a Match Result Sheet) and 14.2.2 (selecting players without Effective Registration). Aidan was appointed as a Judicial Panel Member for the Rugby Football Union in 2014. His role involves adjudicating on disciplinary […]
read moreAt a recent Preliminary Hearing in an Employment Claim, Emma Sole succeeded in a costs application against a Claimant. The Claimant, who had been represented throughout, presented a claim for an unfair dismissal on the basis that the requisite two year service was satisfied by his having been employed by two “associated employers” and a […]
read moreHuw Davies was recently in a manual handling claim. He defended the Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service in the case of Keen v Oxfordshire County Council. The claim brought by a trainee fire officer in relation to injuries sustained whilst undergoing training in the use of fire hoses and ladders. In a common sense judgment […]
read moreIn a recent case at the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) allegations were made against Mr John Malins a former partner of a substantial London firm. He was represented by Leading Counsel. Geoffrey Williams QC represented Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (SRA). Mr Malins had created a Notice of Funding & a covering letter in civil proceedings about […]
read moreBonike was appointed as an Rugby Football Union (RFU) Judicial Panel Member in June 2014 and went on to deal with her first case as Chair in January 2016. She continues her judicial activity on the international playing field, having been drafted in, for the second year running, as a Panel Member for the Rugby […]
read moreGeorgina Crawford will determine appeals arising out of selection and anti doping decisions made by the British Equestrian Federation. She is delighted to take up this position which will include applying a new expedited appeal procedure drafted ahead of Rio, to enable appeals to be heard as quickly as possible. Appeals are expected to arise […]
read moreOn 3 March in Uxbridge County Court, Georgina Crawford secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty in a fast track RTA on behalf of her lay client and Aviva Insurance. It was held that the case had been ‘started or continued on the dishonest premise of certain evidence which was not just lacking in credibility but […]
read moreHannah represented the family of EH (deceased) in a fatal accident clinical negligence claim against Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. EH attended Luton and Dunstable hospital for a laparoscopic nephrectomy in 2012 during which one of her main arteries was severed but this was not noticed. EH required a further emergency operation and […]
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