PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT BY BANKRUPT WERE “DOOMED TO FAIL”: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
Part of the judgment of Mr Justice Griffiths in Lambert v Forest of Dean District Council [2020] EWHC 2854 (Admin) provides an important reminder that someone who has been declared bankrupt may have no standing at all to bring subsequent…
COSTS: “ROLLED UP” OFFER OF SETTLEMENT, INCLUDING COSTS DID NOT GIVE A DEFENDANT ANY PROTECTION
The judgment of Mr Justice Freedman in Comberg v VivoPower International Services Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 2787 (QB) contains many interesting observations in relation to damages, mitigation and costs. Here I want to isolate one element – the fact…
ILLEGALITY AND DAMAGES: SUPREME COURT DECISION: SOMEONE WHO COMMITS MANSLAUGHTER CANNOT BRING AN ACTION IN NEGLIGENCE
In Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2020] UKSC 43 the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal on the grounds that the claimant’s action was based on illegality. It found that someone found guilty of manslaughter due to diminished…
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