Insight
INSIGHT 182
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report on cases relating to:
The court limiting the claimant’s uplift on costs under an old style CFA
Increased hourly rates for solicitor’s costs
An interim payment award where the substantive law was Dutch
Insight
INSIGHT 181
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report on cases relating to:
Being hit in the eye by a cricket ball
Jurisdiction over a claim originally brought in France
A cyclist alleging that potholes in the road were the cause of his accident
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INSIGHT 180
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report on
cases relating to:
Highways authorities and trees
When expert evidence may assist in determining liability
How an expert should assess mental capacity
Contempt of Court
Occupiers’ liability
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INSIGHT 179
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report on cases relating to:
The time for service of documents
Proper compliance with a Part 18 request
The appropriate rate of interest in a foreign claim
A claimant’s tripping accident while in Mauritius
And we bring confirmation of the latest figures for ASHE 6115.
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INSIGHT 178
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
– Part 36 – all or nothing
– Causation in a claim for PTSD
– Illegality – no change in the law
– Quantum in a provisional damages case
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INSIGHT 177
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
A manual handling claim
An accident involving skidding on black ice
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INSIGHT 176
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
Guideline hourly rates for Court of Protection cases
Vicarious liability
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INSIGHT 175
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
A claimant recovering the costs of attending an inquest
And we bring news of an amendment to the Fatal Accidents Act 1976
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INSIGHT 174
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
Part 36
Setting aside a default judgment
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INSIGHT 173
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
Damages in a Fatal Accident Act claim
An attempt to introduce a new expert close to trial.
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INSIGHT 172
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
When is expert evidence ‘uncontroverted’?
A novel way around limitation
The liability for costs of a litigation friend
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Insight 171
27, July 2022
By Malcolm Henké
Welcome to this week’s edition of Insight in which we report cases relating to:
An indemnity costs order against claimants’ solicitors
The contributory negligence of a drunk passenger in a car
