Content by Abigail Scott

This webinar is one in our Animals & Equine Webinars 2024 series focusing on personal injury litigation relating to animal and equine cases presented by members of our Animals Team. Each webinar should be of interest to lawyers, claims handlers, case funders and all those who are involved in this area. Agenda

Our first series of webinars focusing on personal injury litigation relating to animal and equine cases presented by members of our Animals Team. Each webinar should be of interest to lawyers, claims handlers, case funders and all those who are involved in this area. All webinars in this series will have a Q&A session after…

Expert evidence is central to most complex and/or high-value personal injury, clinical negligence and disease claims. In this talk, Thomas Herbert and Abigail Scott will consider how to best obtain, present and use that evidence throughout the life cycle of a claim. They will also consider common pitfalls and tips for damage limitation when things…

The law adopts a nuanced approach to causation in occupational cancer claims. Practitioners dealing with such claims must be alive to the distinctions and difficulties that may arise in this area. This post provides an overview of the application of the different tests for causation, when they apply and their practical implications on case preparation.…

In The Trustees Of The Barry Congregation Of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2021] EWCA Civ 356, the court revisited the two-stage test for vicarious liability and considered the application of the tailored close connection test to cases involving adult victims of sexual abuse. The judgment is available here.  The Facts In the mid-1980s the Claimant…

Presented by Alex Denton, Jessica Woodliffe and Abigail Scott, this webinar provides a whistle-stop tour of the most significant and interesting cases in 2020 on liability in the personal injury practice area. Our presenters will be covered everything from Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Limited (liability for practical jokes) to Barlow v Wigan MBC (highways maintainable at public expense); from Barclays Bank v…

In Knapman v Carbines [2020] EWHC 3586 (QB), HHJ Cotter QC considered the balancing exercise to be conducted upon a very late application to rely on an expert report. The Context Mr Knapman suffered a severe traumatic brain injury in a road traffic accident in 2013. Liability was admitted and a trial on quantum was…

The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) has announced its intention to conduct a review of selected malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases and their relationships with occupational exposures. The IIAC is the advisory body responsible for reviewing the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) scheme, which supports employees who are disabled as a result of an accident…

In their latest article Philip Turton and Abigail Scott provide commentary on today’s important Court of Appeal decision in Swift v Carpenter [2020] EWCA Civ 1295. To read this article, please click here.