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THE OTHER AMENDMENT TO THE FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT 1976: COHABITEES MAY HAVE TO SHARE BEREAVEMENT AWARD WITH PARENTS: SPOUSES MAY HAVE SHARE PAYMENT WITH COHABITEES

THE OTHER AMENDMENT TO THE FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT 1976: COHABITEES MAY HAVE TO SHARE BEREAVEMENT AWARD WITH PARENTS: SPOUSES MAY HAVE SHARE PAYMENT WITH COHABITEES

September 18, 2020 · by gexall · in Damages, Fatal Accidents, Members Content, Webinar

There is another amendment made to the Fatal Accidents  Act 1976 in relation to the people entitled to receive a bereavement award. This is quite technical, but could be important in a very limited class of cases. The amendment is…

UNSUCCESSFUL APPEAL "TO ESTABLISH THE LIBERTY OF INEBRIATED ENGLISH SUBJECTS TO BE ALLOWED TO LIE UNDISTURBED IN THEIR OWN VOMIT SOAKED CLOTHING"

UNSUCCESSFUL APPEAL “TO ESTABLISH THE LIBERTY OF INEBRIATED ENGLISH SUBJECTS TO BE ALLOWED TO LIE UNDISTURBED IN THEIR OWN VOMIT SOAKED CLOTHING”

September 18, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Members Content

In Pile v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2020] EWHC 2472 (QB) Mr Justice Turner dismissed the claimant’s appeal.  The claimant complained that police officers had removed her outer clothing and provided her with dry clothing at a time when…

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