The Court of Appeal hearing of the joined appeals of Evans v Equity Claims Ltd and Churchill Insurance Company Limited v Wilkinson has resumed today. The issue before the Court is the interpretation and application of s.151(8) of the Road …
On 22nd December 2005, Jodie Morris was admitted to hospital with abdominal pains, vomiting and nausea. She was then almost 24 weeks pregnant with her second child, Ashley. She was discharged on 24th December, without a formal diagnosis having been …
The Claimant is 26 years old. On 2nd June 2006 he sustained serious brain injuries when struck by a motor car driven by the Defendant. The Defendant denied liability but the Claimant won at trial with a finding of 25% …
On Saturday 17th March 2012 Members of Byrom Street Chambers co-presented a mock criminal trial to an audience of state school/college sixth form students in the Civil Justice Centre, Manchester. The event was organised by Manchester University under its Pathways …
James Rowley QC today presented his Serious Personal Injury Litigation talk to an audience at the London Barbican. Updated versions of the talk and corresponding tables are available in the Seminars and Papers Archive section of the web site.
Christopher Melton QC and Darryl Allen (instructed by Brendan Hope of Pannone LLP) today secured an anonymity order which prevented publication not only of the Claimant’s identity (and information calculated to lead to her identification) but also the publication of …
AB v HEATHERWOOD & WEXHAM PARK HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2011) Total Damages: £2,400,000 plus periodical payments Trial/settlement date: 7/6/2011 Judge: Parker J Age at trial: 6 PSLA: £220,000 (£222,619.05 RPI) Type of Award: Out of Court Settlement (approved) …
On Saturday 12th November, David Allan QC delivered the keynote lecture at the Personal Injury Bar Association’s Northern Circuit annual conference. His paper, “Proof of causation by material contribution:’”But for” by another name?’, is attached
