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Laura Sylvester and Verity Danziger examine the factors that will influence a judge to order a liability hearing Judicial comment in recent cases has provided some further guidance on matters to consider when deciding whether a case should proceed to a split trial or not. Contained within the court’s general powers of management, in Part …
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Paul Jones investigates the latest challenge to the provisions There was no power within the CPR 36 for the court to enter judgment following an agreement between the parties as suggested by the claimant. If one considers the entirety of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), it would be difficult to counter the argument that CPR …
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Charles Dougherty and Marie Louise Kinsler look at the scope and impact of the rules Commercial parties will need to consider the scope of choice of law clauses and whether they are wide enough to encompass a non-contractual as well as contractual choice of law.On 11 January 2009, Regulation (EC) 864/2007, on the law applicable …
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Discount rate; Damages Act 1996; preliminary issue A single fixed discount rate was preferable in reducing the cost and uncertainty of future loss calculations. In Harries v Stevenson [2012], a claimant tried and failed to escape from the arguably unjust effects that the 2.5% discount rate creates in the current economic climate. The case provides …
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Chris Gutteridge contemplates recent decisions of the Court of Appeal on an employer’s liability for injuries sustained by employees who are victims of violence while at work The trial judge was entitled to conclude that the failure to provide full-time guarding did not amount to a failure to take reasonable care for the safety of …
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David Porter explains the urgency in management of this condition to prevent progression from incomplete to complete syndrome ‘This disability will often lead to difficulties within relationships, social interactions and have effects on employment capacity with often an adverse impact on an individual’s earning capacity.’In this article I shall consider the following questions: What is …
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Paul Jones looks at the latest decision of Loizou v Gordon If the substantive claim, that is liability and damages, are agreed between the parties before the final hearing actually commences, this will attract the lower success fee. Fixed costs: the concept seems so simple. At the conclusion of a case, the costs payable are …
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Interpretation of the Civil Procedure Rules; meaning of disease The differing levels of percentage increase/success fees are intended to reward those who take on cases that are more difficult or complex and thus have greater financial risk. In employer’s liability claims, the classification of an injury is particularly important when it comes to the assessment …
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Dr Jock Mackenzie and Richard Lodge provide their annual update on interim payments and the Eeles principles ‘It appears the issue causing the most contention between the parties and difficulty for the court is the need for an interim payment to fund the purchase and adaptation of a property.’ In the third of our annual …
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Janet Sayers discusses the most significant cases of the last year Coroners may well be asked to make a finding of ‘real and immediate’ risk in verdicts of suicide of mental health patients, in anticipation of a future claim. This last year or so has seen a number of significant case law developments in the …
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