27 July Case Updates Toby Chaplin v Ben Pistol Personal injury, Life expectancy, Statistics, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Personal injury litigation Topics: Life expectancy Statistics
27 July Case Updates Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Limited [2020] EWHC 1581 (TCC), 2020 WL 03272792 Conflicts of interest, 06. Rules and Regulations, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Relevance: General Topics: Conflict of interests
27 July Case Updates SC v University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Clinical negligence, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Topics: Glossary Nature of case: Clinical negligence
27 July Case Updates Darrell Stewart Jones v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 1603 (QB), 2020 WL 03415114 Causation, Clinical negligence, Life expectancy, HIV, Delayed diagnosis, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Clinical negligence Topics: Life expectancy Delayed diagnosis HIV Causation
27 July Case Updates Mr Daniel Donovan, Naled Limited v Grainmarket Asset Management LLP [2020] EWHC 17 (Comm), 2020 WL 00129792 Impartiality, Commercial, Incorrect assumption, Change of opinion, 14. Changing your opinion Relevance: General Commercial Topics: Impartiality Incorrect assumption Change of opinion
27 July Case Updates FL (by his children's guardian) v EN, A Local Authority, AK, JL [2020] EWCA Civ 20, 2020 WL 00353639 Experts behaviour, Compliance with court rules, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Expert’s behaviour Compliance with court rules
27 July Case Updates Valerie Bannister v Freemans Public Limited Company Impartiality, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints Relevance: General Topics: Adverse judicial comment Impartiality
27 July Case Updates A Local Authority v AW (by the Official Solicitor as his Litigation Friend) [2020] EWCOP 24, 2020 WL 02573176 Capacity cases, Social media, Sexual relations, Capacity to litigate, 06. Rules and Regulations Relevance: Capacity assessments Nature of case: AW has a diagnosis of mild learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder.
6 July Case Updates Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees
18 April Case Updates DSN v Blackpool Football Club Limited [2020] EWHC 595 (QB), 2020 WL 01234791 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Historical child abuse Topic: Limitation