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Colm Nugent

Colm Nugent is a barrister in the insurance division at Hardwicke Chambers (colm.nugent@hardwicke.co.ukwww.hardwicke.co.uk)

 

    Colm Nugent is a barrister in the insurance division at Hardwicke Chambers (colm.nugent@hardwicke.co.ukwww.hardwicke.co.uk)

     
      ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

      Colm Nugent considers when an unsafe structure does not trigger the landlord’s duty to repair

      Courts are taking an increasingly tougher approach in fraudulent & exaggerated claims, says Colm Nugent

      What liability does an employer carry for accidents resulting from excessive working hours, asks Colm Nugent

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      MOVERS & SHAKERS

      DWF—19 appointments

      DWF—19 appointments

      Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

      Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

      Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

      Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

      Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

      Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

      Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

      NEWS
      In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
      Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
      Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
      Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
      The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
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