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Law digests: 27 May 2022

27 May 2022
Issue: 7980 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Damages

Storey v British Telecommunications plc [2022] EWCA Civ 616 [2022] All ER (D) 14 (May)

The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the appellant’s appeal against the decision of the County Court that granted summary judgment to the respondent. The appellant issued a claim against his then employer, the respondent, for damages and financial loss arising from personal injuries suffered in consequence of an accident at work. While the appellant was speaking to the customer, he was exposed to a sudden intense high-pitched crackling sound through the headset. The court held, among other things, that acoustic shock was different from, and unrelated to, noise-induced hearing loss, caused when people were exposed to sound that was loud enough to damage the ears. Acoustic shock could be caused at a level of noise well below that which presented a risk of noise-induced hearing loss, and the adverse impact could be due more to the pitch and acoustic pressure than to the sound level itself. Given the evidence that acoustic shock could occur at

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
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Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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