Ho v Adelekun: set-off is the same as enforcement under QOCS Update 7th Oct 2021Costs, Costs, CPR & Courts, CPR 44, Damages, Damages, Qualified one-way cost shifting, Set-offFOILHo v Adelekun (2021) UKSC 45
The construction of CPR 25.7(1): interim payments Update 4th Oct 2021Construction, CPR & Courts, CPR 25.7(1), Interim payment application, Legal principles, Multiple defendants, Policy wordings and principles, Reservation of rights by insurersFOILButtar Construction Limited v Arshdeep (2021) EWCA Civ 1408
Important information relating to Sahaviriya Steel Industries Limited (SSI) Update 22nd Sep 2021CPR & Courts, Destruction of records, Legal principles, Notice of hearingFOILHer firm acts on behalf of the Official Receiver, who was appointed following a winding-up order made against SSI on 02 October 2015. FOIL has been requested to circulate the following information.
A new service from DWP CRU Update 20th Sep 2021CRU, Damages, Damages, DWP, InjuryFOILInformation from DWP CRU
Universal Credit Update 13th Sep 2021Certificate of Recoverable Benefits, CRU, Damages, High or apparently unjust sums, Injury, Universal creditFOILA joint FOIL and APIL call for evidence
Vicarious liability Update 9th Sep 2021Abuse & safeguarding, Akin to employment, Employers laibility, Legal principles, Ordinary course of work, Sexual assault, Ss11 and 33 Limitation Act 1980, Vicarious liabilityFOILBlackpool Football Club Limited v DSN (2021) EWCA Civ 1352
The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) Update 8th Sep 2021Costs, CPR & Courts, Damages, Fixed costs, FRC, Intermediate claims, Part 36, Small Claims Track Limits, UpliftsFOILFollowing up on the responses to the 2019 consultation on FRC, the government has now set out its proposals, which largely follow the recommendations made by Jackson LJ.
The assessment of damages in a Fatal Accident Case Update 31st Aug 2021Abuse & safeguarding, Assessment of damages, Damages, Dependency, Fatal accident, Fatal Accident 1976, Injury, Replacing services as foster carerFOILSteve Hill Ltd v Witham (Deceased) (2021) EWCA Civ 1312
Costs issues arising out of the RTA Portal Update 4th Aug 2021Concluded compromise, Costs, CPR & Courts, Fixed costs, Injury, Legal principles, Motor, Part 36, Personal Injury, Pre-action Protocol, Protocols and Portals, RTA, RTA Portal Protocol, Vehicle related damageFOILJimenez v Esure Services Limited (2021) EWHC B15 (Costs)
The problem of late and multiple adjournment of trials Update 3rd Aug 2021Adjournment, Courts, CPR & Courts, ListingFOILAn opportunity to improve court listing
