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Personal injury update

03 July 2008 / Nina Unthank
Issue: 7328 / Categories: Features , Personal injury
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INTERPRETATION OF EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS
PI DAMAGES FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE

STATUTORY DUTY
Lord Justice May began his judgment in Mason v Satelcom and another [2008] EWCA Civ 494, [2008] All ER (D) 175 (May) by commenting that “there is a risk that lawyers, including judges, being obsessed with the meaning of abstruse secondary legislation, may lose sight of the real world”. In Mason, the Court of Appeal had to consider the nature and extent of statutory duties owed by non-employers to workers injured while working on their premises.

The facts of the case were that Mr Mason was sent by his employer Satelcom Ltd to maintain some IT equipment located in a cabinet about eight feet from the ground. The equipment was owned by the London Borough of Redbridge but was stored in a server room owned and controlled by East Homes Ltd. On arrival at the server room, the claimant saw a ladder by the cabinet which he decided to use to carry out his maintenance duties. As the ladder was only five feet high, Mason

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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
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
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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