The Coronavirus and Employers’ Liability for PPE – Part 5: Liability of Employers to Family Members of Employees by Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson

Gareth McAloon has recently had a guest appearance on an episode of Shoosmith‘s Serious Injury Podcast titled Inquest Process and Care Home Claims. The episode hopes to provide an introduction to the inquest process which we will build upon in future episodes. This episode covers: Inquests and when they arise. Discussion around specific Shoosmiths Serious Injury case examples.…

To download a PDF copy of this article, please click here. On 12th January 2022, judgment was handed down in Andrew Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 7. This was the second appeal from the decision of HHJ Rawlings (“the judge”) sitting at Stoke-on-Trent County Court on 14 October 2019. He…

Civil practitioners will be well aware of the court’s important power to enforce solicitors’ undertakings summarily. Such undertakings are given in a wide range of situations but particularly conveyancing and litigation. Solicitors are held to the highest standards of professional conduct because they are officers of the court. Rapid summary enforcement of solicitors’ undertakings underpins,…