David Regan
HM Assistant Coroner
David Regan, HM Assistant Coroner, South Wales Central Coroner’s Area. Newlawjournal.co.uk
HM Assistant Coroner
David Regan, HM Assistant Coroner, South Wales Central Coroner’s Area. Newlawjournal.co.uk
“Its practical focus will remain most useful to the less specialist advocate, but it is has much to offer the more seasoned practitioner”
David Regan explores the coronial role in defining the concept of neglect
Reform is needed when juries are summoned for inquests, says David Regan
"Among its strengths are the pithy chapters on particular types of inquest—from mental health, clinical and prison deaths to less frequently explored issues of product related death and military inquests"
The investigation of many individual COVID-19 deaths is likely to give rise to significant controversy, says David Regan
Child claimants as well as adults should be able to recover damages for ‘lost years’, says David Regan
When & how should the Ogden reduction factor be discounted, asks David Regan
David Regan takes the reins of the debate surrounding liability for horse-related injuries
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Rachel Crosier
Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London
Bird & Bird—Gordon Moir
London tech and comms team boosted by telecoms and regulatory hires
DWF—Stephen Hickling
Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner
NEWS
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’
Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial
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