Content by Kate Longson

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…

The Claimant in Doyle v M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 927 was injured on a construction site in May 2014. His claim was, in the usual way, entered on the MoJ’s EL/PL Portal and dropped out when no liability response was received within the prescribed time limit. Proceedings were subsequently issued…

This blog reviews the High Court decision in Barry v Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 459 (KB) and the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the application of the Moore et al. Guidelines for Diagnosis and Quantification of Military Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Those who practise in the field of noise induced hearing loss (“NIHL”) are waiting with bated breath for some authoritative…

Service of an Unsealed Claim Form Ideal Shopping Direct Limited & Ors v Mastercard Inc & Ors [2022] 1 WLR 1541 The sealing of court documents is governed by CPR 2: 2.6       (1) The court must seal the following documents on issue – (a) the claim form; and (b) any other document which a rule or…

It is imperative when embarking upon the preliminary stages of bringing a claim that claimants and their legal advisors are fully aware of the procedural requirements to effect good service upon any proposed defendant. Failing to do so can have grave consequences. This serious of articles will explore some of the common errors and pitfalls…

It is not uncommon for a losing party to be disgruntled by the outcome of his/her case. However, the majority of the time, the findings of fact which have brought a judge to their conclusion will be unimpeachable and the reasons given, whilst potentially contrary to the beliefs of the losing party, will be sufficiently…

In an appeal which raises questions of a trial judge’s evidential analysis, you could be forgiven for assuming that obtaining a transcript of the evidence should be the first job on any appellant file handler’s ‘to do’ list. However, the High Court has confirmed that, in some instances, obtaining a transcript may be unnecessary for…

This blog looks back to the Supreme Court’s decision in Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Ltd [2011] 1 WLR 1003 and discuss how the concepts of risk and acceptable limits of exposure now operate in modern-day disease litigation. NIHL and the Code of Practice for Reducing Exposure of Employed Persons to Noise 1972 It is ten years…

To view our on-demand webinar on Hierarchy of Defendants in Road Traffic Accident Claims, click here. This is a brief guide to identifying the correct Defendant(s) in RTA claims. We will consider the position of the Defendant tortfeasor, the hierarchy of claims that can be brought against the tortfeasor’s insurer and when claims are correctly…