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DOES A CLAIM FOR A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS? A JUDGMENT AT FIRST INSTANCE

DOES A CLAIM FOR A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIMS? A JUDGMENT AT FIRST INSTANCE

May 3, 2021 · by gexall · in Costs, Fixed Costs, Members Content, Personal Injury

I am grateful to solicitor Gareth Edwards from Mooneerams, solicitors,   for providing me a copy of the judgment of District Judge Vernon, sitting at Cardiff 17th March 2021, in the case of X (a Minor) -v- MPL Home & Senza…

INTERIM PAYMENTS AND THE TWO STAGE TEST IN EELES: THE ISSUES CONSIDERED

INTERIM PAYMENTS AND THE TWO STAGE TEST IN EELES: THE ISSUES CONSIDERED

May 3, 2021 · by gexall · in Interim Payments, Members Content, Personal Injury

In PAL (A Child) v Davison & Ors [2021] EWHC 1108 (QB) Mrs Justice Yip considered an interim payment in the case of a seriously injured child and awarded a further interim payment of £2 million in order that suitable…

PROVING THINGS 211: PROVING DAMAGES AND CAUSATION: CLAIM £3 MILLION GET £2,000: "A WEAK AND SPECULATIVE CLAIM"

PROVING THINGS 211: PROVING DAMAGES AND CAUSATION: CLAIM £3 MILLION GET £2,000: “A WEAK AND SPECULATIVE CLAIM”

May 3, 2021 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Conduct, Members Content, Witness statements

We have already looked once at the judgment of Mr Justice Fraser in Beattie Passive Norse Ltd & Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd [2021] EWHC 1116 (TCC). However given that the claimants were seeking in excess of £3 million and…

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