PROVING THINGS 192: WHEN A WITNESS GIVES EVIDENCE OF MATTERS THAT TOOK PLACE 50 YEARS AGO: HOW THE JUDGE WEIGHS THE EVIDENCE
In Pinnegar v Kellogg International Corporation & Anor [2020] EWHC 3431 (QB) HHJ Platts (sitting as a High Court judge) considered the weight to be given to evidence of matters that had happened some 50 years previously. It shows that…
PROVING THINGS 191: PROVING LOSS OF EARNINGS (III): CLAIMING AND PROVING “FRINGE BENEFITS”.
Some jobs have “fringe benefits” which provide an important part of the employee’s overall remuneration. There are many examples of these benefits being claimed as damages. Here we look at some cases where the courts have considered the issue of…
AZAM -v- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION: THE JUDGMENT AT FIRST INSTANCE: THE DATE OF KNOWLEDGE IN A CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE
Last week I wrote about the defendant’s unsuccessful appeal in Azam v University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3384 (QB). I have been sent a copy of the initial judgment of HHJ Rawlings (2nd September 2019), by barrister John…
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