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Ropewalk Chambers has once again achieved recognition as a leading set in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500. We continue to demonstrate our position as market-leaders in multiple areas of law by ranking as a ‘Top Tier’ set in multiple areas. Our Personal Injury Group is ranked as a top tier set and is…
Ropewalk Chambers will be holding our third conference in Lincoln on Thursday 19 September 2024 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Lincoln. Our team of expert barristers will be holding talks on various topics related to Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Inquests and Costs. The event is aimed at solicitors, legal executives, claims handlers, case funders. Registration will…
On 10 April 2024, the High Court handed down its decision in Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd [2024] EWHC 806 (KB). In that judgment the presentation of the Claimant’s claim for personal injury was considered fundamentally dishonest and so was dismissed under section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”). In considering whether…
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In Toure v Ken Wilkins Print [2024] IRLR 282 The Employment Appeal Tribunal considered an appeal by the claimant who had raised a grievance against his employer alleging that he had been racially abused. The grievance was not upheld, the employer concluding that the alleged incidents had not taken place. The employee appealed, but in…
I recently acted in the High Court appeal in Wetherell v Student Loans Company Ltd [2024] EWHC 1443 (KB) which raises some interesting questions about the personal injury landscape after the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. When the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 came into force and personal injury claimants could no longer…
On 14 March 2024 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 244. The White appeal was one of two cases, heard together, the other being Cuthbert v Taylor Woodrow Construction Holdings. The issue in each case was that of breach…
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