Conduct: Hoisted by their own petard?

Crown Office Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | December 2017/January 2018 #161
In the first of two articles, Suzanne Chalmers and Jack Macaulay explore the current law relating to claimants’ illegality and dishonesty ‘The essential rationale of the doctrine of illegality was that it would be contrary to the public interest to enforce a claim if to do so would be harmful to the integrity of the …

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Liability: A catalogue of errors

Devereux Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | July/August 2016 #147
In the first of this two part article Robert Weir QC provides an invaluable reference compiling the most significant cases involving liability decisions in the last year ‘Vicarious liability can apply outside of an employment relationship provided that the tort is done by an individual who carries on activities as an integral part of the …

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