Updates and Briefing Papers

Workplace claims in an Age of Anxiety – Slides

• FOIL Ireland

Interpreting Clause C of ‘ASG 2’

• FOIL

M/V Pacific Pearl Company Limited v Osios David Shipping Inc (2022) EWCA Civ 798

All You (Now) Need to Know About BI & Covid

• FOIL
• FOIL select
• London FOIL
• Sponsors
• TIPs

This presentation was held on 24th May 2022 and was led by Ian Stebbings and Robbie Parkin of 1 Chancery Lane Chambers.

All change, again – Commencement of the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018

• FOIL Scotland

The Scots law of Prescription, or timebar, has provided many opportunities for articles over the last decade with the starting point for the five-year timebar period moving steadily back to the benefit of defenders. Now a rebalancing is to be introduced alongside a number of other steps.

A defendant’s application for a variable PPO; and who bears the cost of a personal injury trust?

• FOIL

Martin v Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (2022) EWHC 532 (QB)

Section 41 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and Limitation

• FOIL

Individual consumers of products are not able to circumvent the limitation longstop restricting claims for damages being brought under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (“the CPA”) more than 10 years after the product is first put into circulation.

Important developments in CPR

• FOIL

Consultation on changes to the Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting (QOCS) regime in personal injury cases

Sanctions have repercussions for the shipping industry

• FOIL

For many years now, sanctions have been used as a tool to seek to influence the behaviour of states deemed to be acting in ways unacceptable to the international community. These sanctions are directed at preventing or limiting trading, importing and/or exporting goods (including technology) and freezing assets. The major instigators of sanctions have been the UN, the USA and the EU (including the UK prior to Brexit).

The importance of drawing up bills of costs in the correct format

• FOIL

AKC (Protected Party) v Barking, Havering & Redbridge University NHS Trust (2022) EWCA Civ

Is expert evidence crucial to a claim for acoustic shock?

• FOIL

Storey v British Telecommunications Plc (2022) EWCA Civ 616

Understanding Your Clients’ Universe

• FOIL
• London FOIL

This event, hosted by FOIL London, took place on 24th March 2022 and was led by Mark Huxley of Insure Scale UP.

The evidential status of credit hire agreements

• FOIL

Armstead v Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Company Limited (2022) EWCA Civ 497