...company almost continuously since 1999 as a production line worker and subsequently as an engineering technician. His role as engineering technician was to repair production line equipment and machinery by...
...company almost continuously since 1999 as a production line worker and subsequently as an engineering technician. His role as engineering technician was to repair production line equipment and machinery by...
...under the European Communities (Rights against Insurers) Regulations 2002 (see below) as the sole Defendant. If the negligent driver is driving in the course of their occupation, their employer is...
The Court of Appeal recently handed down a decision of particular interest in noise-induced hearing loss (“NIHL”) claims. Cowley v LW Carlisle & Company Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 227 deals with the thorny...
...(or sometimes both in extreme cases) to contract inwards and unable to be straightened. A typical example is shown in the image below: (Source: NHS website.) The link between vibration...
...stressed the distinction between a statutory duty of care and a common law duty of care. Where a statute contemplates that a duty is delegable, the common law cannot override...
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https://player.vimeo.com/video/496804340?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 This webinar took place on the 8th December 2020. In this webinar, James Howlett and John Campbell reviewed the key decisions that have come out of the higher courts affecting both commercial and...
...which can be read here, then deals with questions of causation. Breach at Common Law The general common law duty of an employer to employees is to take reasonable care...
...a parent company. On both sides of the litigation fence, one sees competing assertions about the reach – and conversely the limit – of what in short-hand might be called Chandler principles....
...Act” and “the 1997 scheme” in relation to the disputed provisions), as currently applied through the Compensation Recovery Unit (“CRU”), were incompatible with the rights of insurance companies under Article...
...legislative criteria (non-tariff injuries), damages will be assessed by reference to common law principles with the purpose of general damages for PSLA being to reflect fair and reasonable compensation for...
...from contact or collision sports are complex, multifaceted and should be individualised to consider patient, injury, sport-specific, ethical and psychosocial factors. A comprehensive multidisciplinary clinical evaluation is often necessary to...