HAYWARD MAY HAVE BEEN WAYWARD BUT THERE WAS NO LOOKING BACKWARD: SETTLED CLAIM NOT RE-OPENED
In Hayward -v- Zurich Insurance Company PLC [2015] EWCA Civ 327 today the Court of Appeal overturned a decision that a claimant should repay a large part of a personal injury award from an earlier settled action. This decision makes…
LAY EVIDENCE AND EXPERT EVIDENCE IN CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE: MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER
In Wake -v- Johnson [2015] EWHC 276(QB) HH Judge Collender QC (Sitting as Judge of the High Court) conducted a critical analysis of the lay evidence and expert evidence when dismissing a clinical negligence claim against a GP. There are…
