Personal injury

Compensation claims in danger

Personal injury lawyers have criticised Law Commission proposals they say will seriously undermine people's right to compensation.
28 Nov 2008

Referral fees may aid access to justice

Despite the controversy surrounding the payment of large referral fees to solicitors acting on behalf of miners suffering from mesothelioma, such payments may be in the public interest, provided regulation…
21 Nov 2008

MIB: national treasure or pariah?

It is often said that familiarity breeds contempt. The Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) has been around for approximately 63 years and in that time it has provided a crucial compensatory…
21 Nov 2008

The measure of injury

IN BRIEF Gray v (1) Thames Trains Ltd (2) Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd (Formerly Railtrack Plc): chain of causation. Environment Agency v Ellis: apportionment in the context of physical injury.
14 Nov 2008

The measure of injury

IN BRIEF Dickins v O2 Plc: foreseeability and causation in occupational stress
7 Nov 2008

Abrasive material

In Brief       ●     Large sums of money are expected to be paid out in compensation to those suffering from mesothelioma or pleural plaques brought about by working with asbestos.       ●    …
31 Oct 2008

Law digest

Ellis v Environment Agency [2008] EWCA Civ 1117, [2008] All ER (D) 163 (Oct)
31 Oct 2008

PUWER to the people

In Brief       ●     A delineation cannot be made on what constitutes work equipment and what is equipment being worked on incidentally and not as a regular part of the job.      …
24 Oct 2008

UK must enact new anti-bribery laws

The UK has come in for sharp criticism over its anti-bribery laws, in a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (OECD)
24 Oct 2008

Who takes the blame?

In Brief       ●     Sending British soldiers out on duty with defective equipment may breach Human Rights Act 1998, Art 2.       ●     Where there has been a failure by the state…
17 Oct 2008

Update from the courts

In Brief    ●     Monk v Harrington: whether or not the claimant was entitled to damages for psychiatric injury caused by employer's negligence. …
10 Oct 2008

Lords’ pleural plaques ruling should be overturned

Personal injury lawyers say the government should overturn a House of Lords’ decision not to allow victims of asbestos-related diseases compensation for the damage done to their health.
3 Oct 2008