NEVILLE SPRINGER (PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WAYNE ANTHONY SPRINGER, DECEASED) v UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST [2018] EWCA Civ 436 15/03/2018 Do not forget to serve Notice of Funding as soon as possible. Rely at your peril on the … Continued
BROOM & ANOR v ARCHER & ORS, QBD (TCC) (Fraser J) 28/03/2018 This case highlights the importance of compliance with practice directions. A costs budget approved by the court in April 2017 had a mathematical error (which is not unusual … Continued
(1) SHAKIR ALI (2) SHAHIDA ASLAM v CHANNEL 5 BROADCAST LTD [2018] EWHC 840 Ch D (Arnold J) 19/04/2018 The Claimants, in this misuse of private information case, had been successful, but had failed to beat a Part 36 offer (which in … Continued
BARRY FREDERICK HEWES v (1) WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST (2) EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST (3) PANKAJ TANNA [2018] EWHC 2715 QBD 18/10/2018 The case concerns a client with cauda equina syndrome (CES) where there was an alleged delay … Continued
OBI v PATEL & ANOR (2018) QBD (Judge Cotter QC) 08/10/2018 Permission to rely on expert evidence in a PI quantum trial arising out of a road traffic accident was refused where the defendant had delayed, for tactical reasons, notifying the … Continued
FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY v (1) DA VINCI INVEST LTD (2) DA VINCI INVEST PTE LTD (3) MINEWORLD LTD (4) SZABOLCS BANYA (5) GYORGY SZABOLCS BRAD (6) TAMAS PORNYE (7) BIVONAS LAW LLP, Ch D (Nugee J) 10/12/2018 The Financial Conduct Authority … Continued
ROBERTS v FRESSE & ANOR QBD, 18/12/2018 A case where relief from sanction was granted to Defendants to a PI claim despite their failure to file expert reports in time or to provide medical evidence supporting their explanation that the failure had … Continued
Conduct designed to convince, rather than deceive, is not fundamental dishonesty. Whilst there had been a degree of overstatement, there had been no faking of injury – SPENCER SMITH v ASHWELL MAINTENANCE LTD CC (Leicester) 23/01/2019
An intersting case highlighting the real difficulties lawyers and medical experts face in medico-legal reporting. Solicitors require the best medical opinion available for their clients. Medical experts undertake medico-legal work outside of and in addition to their NHS and private … Continued