27 July Case Updates Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Limited [2020] EWHC 1581 (TCC), 2020 WL 03272792 General, Conflicts of interest Relevance: General Topics: Conflict of interests
27 July Case Updates SC (a child, suing by her mother and litigation friend, Ac) v University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1610 (QB), 2020 WL 03432826 General, Clinical negligence Relevance: General Topics: Glossary Nature of case: Clinical negligence
27 July Case Updates Darrell Stewart Jones v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 1603 (QB), 2020 WL 03415114 General, Causation, Clinical negligence, Life expectancy, HIV, Delayed diagnosis Relevance: General Clinical negligence Topics: Life expectancy Delayed diagnosis HIV Causation
27 July Case Updates Mr Daniel Donovan, Naled Limited v Grainmarket Asset Management LLP [2020] EWHC 17 (Comm), 2020 WL 00129792 General, Impartiality, Commercial, Incorrect assumption, Change of opinion Relevance: General Commercial Topics: Impartiality Incorrect assumption Change of opinion
27 July Rules and Regulations FL (by his children's guardian) v EN, A Local Authority, AK, JL [2020] EWCA Civ 20, 2020 WL 00353639 General, Experts behaviour, Compliance with court rules Relevance: General Topics: Expert’s behaviour Compliance with court rules
27 July Case Updates Valerie Bannister (Widow and Executrix of the Estate of Dennis Charles Bannister, Deceased) v Freemans Public Limited Company [2020] EWHC 1256 (QB), 2020 WL 02543788 General, Impartiality Relevance: General Topics: Adverse judicial comment Impartiality
27 July Case Updates A Local Authority v AW (by the Official Solicitor as his Litigation Friend) [2020] EWCOP 24, 2020 WL 02573176 Capacity cases, Social media, Sexual relations, Capacity to litigate Relevance: Capacity assessments Nature of case: AW has a diagnosis of mild learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder.
6 July Starting your Expert Witness Business Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees
18 April Case Updates DSN v Blackpool Football Club Limited [2020] EWHC 595 (QB), 2020 WL 01234791 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation Relevance: Historical child abuse Topic: Limitation
1 March Case Updates Westwood v The Queen [2020] EWCA Crim 598, 2020 WL 02142702 Mental Health Act 1983, Crime, Hospital limitation Relevance: Crime Topics: Retained responsibility Mental Health Act 1983, s 45A hospital limitation direction Mental Health Act 1983, ss 37/41 hospital order with restrictions