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Most claimants when they are dealing with a case do not realise that the court has an obligation and desire to restrict their legal costs. In principle, that sounds fine. No one thinks that it is appr...

The General Medical Council (GMC) provides its core guidance on the standards of patient care and professional behaviour, which it expects of all medical professionals registered with it, in the form...

In any compensation claim for life-changing injuries, it is critical to identify a defendant with sufficient means to provide reasonable compensation. It is for this reason that the case of Hughes v...

In the case of FGX v Gaunt, for the first time, the Court awarded compensation for post traumatic stress disorder resulting from sharing of pornographic images on the internet. Since 2015, image-ba...

The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) had been updated to address the issue of a vulnerable witness giving evidence to the Court, with the intention being to help vulnerable parties and witnesses to better...

In times of uncertainty in the property market, owners of property naturally consider selling up before their investment falls in value. For joint owners of the property, this can not be done easily w...

A common intention constructive trust can arise where two parties have legal ownership of a property, however have an agreement in place for one party to have an increased beneficial equitable interes...

In the case of Czernuska v King (2023) EWHC 380 (KB), the High Court heard a liability-only trial to consider whether a rugby player, Natasha King (Defendant), was liable for negligence for serious p...