24 May 2013
Court of Appeal upholds finding that out-of-hours general practitioner not negligent for failing to refer Claimant to hospital; trial Judge correct to accept GP’s account of consultation.
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10 May 2013
Court of Appeal holds that funding of disbursements did not render Claimants’ solicitors liable to pay Defendants’ costs; disclosure ordered to allow further investigations.
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10 May 2013
We previously reported on the case of Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Limited, in which the Court of Appeal held Biffa liable in nuisance to pay damages to local residents for unpleasant odours emitted from Biffa’s landfill site in Ware, Hertfordshire.
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10 May 2013
In the recent judgment of Stannard (T/A Wyvern Tyres) v Gore [2012] EWCA CIV 1248 the Court of Appeal set out a useful summary of the current law on the application of the rule under Rylands v Fletcher [1868] LR 3 HL 330 and considered specifically whether this rule extended to damage by fire.
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10 May 2013
On 4 October 2012 Mold Crown Court ordered Watkin Jones & Son Ltd of Bangor to pay a £450,000 fine and £98,000 prosecution costs following the death of a worker when carrying out roof work at the Menai Shopping Centre in North Wales.
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8 May 2013
Decision that mother must contribute 25 per cent to claim upheld by the Court of Appeal; booster seat was used for three year old when child seat was available.
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8 May 2013
Highways authority liable for accident involving defective road but subject to 50 per cent contributory negligence; guidance in code of practice not mandatory.
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3 May 2013
Claims involving respiratory disease succeed on causation; those involving bladder cancer and basal cell carcinoma fail.
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3 May 2013
Court of Appeal upholds decision in favour of Defendant; Claimant had the requisite knowledge to bring a claim for many years.
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3 May 2013
Court of Appeal upholds decision dismissing claims by all eight lead Claimants in the Miners' Knee Group Litigation.
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