Insights

On 24 March, I will be presenting a course for practitioners with David Marshall on the topic of Litigating Psychiatric Claims.  This will be followed later in the year, probably around Christmas tim...

The battle of fundamental dishonesty claims rages on.  Ever since the courts were first asked to apply section 57 of Part 3 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act (which applies to all claims made s...

You may recently have read my colleague’s blog on e-scooters and what happens when an e-scooter rider is either the victim or the cause of an accident.  This is an issue that is not likely to go aw...

The ability to claim for psychiatric injuries as a result of an accident/negligence/crime appears to have been progressing cautiously over the past decade although we are far from treating psychiatric...

The long awaited appeal judgment in ­Swift –v- Carpenter [https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/swift-v-carpenter/]was handed down this morning.  It is a welcome relief for existing and future claima...

At the beginning of April I wrote a blog about the potential effects of COVID-19 on personal injury claims.  This was a few weeks after lockdown had commenced and the short-term future looked very un...

In 2018 I happily reported a progression in vicarious liability claims with the  Court of Appeal decision  Barclays Bank -v- Various Claimants [July 2018].  My blog can be found here.  As a remind...

Everything you see and read at the moment is related to the COVID-19 and I make no apology for this blog also focussing on this central event.  It has taken over the lives of everyone.  Everyone. ...