"NO ORDINARY LITIGANT WOULD INCUR COSTS APPROACHING £50,000 IN ORDER TO RECOVER £3,000": DATA BREACH CASE TRANSFERRED FROM HIGH COURT TO SMALL CLAIMS TRACK

“NO ORDINARY LITIGANT WOULD INCUR COSTS APPROACHING £50,000 IN ORDER TO RECOVER £3,000”: DATA BREACH CASE TRANSFERRED FROM HIGH COURT TO SMALL CLAIMS TRACK

In Cleary v Marston (Holdings) Ltd [2021] EWHC 3809 (QB) Mr Justice Nicklin ordered a transfer of a data breach case from the High Court to the small claims track in the county court.   “It is important that claimants…

PROVING THINGS 239: THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH TO LOSS OF EARNINGS WHEN A CLAIMANT IS DISABLED

PROVING THINGS 239: THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH TO LOSS OF EARNINGS WHEN A CLAIMANT IS DISABLED

We are looking again at at the judgment of David Allan KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in  Riley v Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 2417 (KB).  This time in relation to the claim for future loss…

PROVING THINGS 238: THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE ON LIFE EXPECTANCY LEADS TO A PREDICTABLE RESULT

PROVING THINGS 238: THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE ON LIFE EXPECTANCY LEADS TO A PREDICTABLE RESULT

There are several reasons I want to look at the judgment of David Allan KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in  Riley v Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 2417 (KB). The first reason relates to the…