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In Mohamud v Morrisons Supermarkets (2016) AC 677, Lord Dyson MR observed that:
“To search for certainty and precision in vicarious liability is to undertake a quest for a chimaera”
Nonetheless, since Mohamud was decided in 2016, that quest has continued in…
For an area of law that’s supposed to be perfectly intuitively straightforward, jurisdiction certainly generates a lot of case law, doesn’t it? This week Henk Soede examines another recent case on service and jurisdiction, whilst Sarah Prager grapples with the judgment of…
This week the team look at what some will find a surprising development in the doctrine of novus actus interveniens in the context of medical interventions, and ask whether we’re likely to see an increase in claims against the NHS as a…
We were interested to read the surprise news that the start date for the extension of the fixed costs regime has now been confirmed, although naturally the rules themselves, and the fixed sums, have yet to be publicised. Meanwhile, a recent case…
All things being as they should be, mobile phone evidence will find its way into proceedings in the family court via the police, who will have seized and extracted mobile phone data as part of their criminal investigation. However, there are cases…
We trust our readers enjoyed their long weekend and that they have returned to the fray, like us, refreshed and ready for anything. Just before the break judgment was handed down in a gastric claim which brought into focus a number of…
Shortly before Christmas, I wrote
Simon Readhead KC, President of the Medico-Legal Society, gave his Presidential Address on 13th October 2022.
Professor Harry Zeitlin: Can I welcome you all.By way of introduction, I am Harry Zeitlin; I am stepping down now as President. It has been a…
When do the police owe a duty of care in the tort of negligence?
For many years, cases involving alleged duties of care on the part of the police, were decided, or at least appeared to be decided, on policy grounds….
This week the team has been musing on the forthcoming Coronation – as our readers will know, we do love a party. Speaking of which, it’s Silks Day, and as a consequence Sarah Prager will be spending the day in fancy dress,…
