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Weekly law digests

09 August 2018
Issue: 7805 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Child

Ellis (by his Grandmother and Litigation Friend, Titley) v Kelly and another [2018] EWHC 2031 (QB), [2018] All ER (D) 28 (Aug)

The claimant’s brain injury, sustained when aged eight he had been knocked down by the defendant’s car, had arisen from momentary misjudgement on his part balanced against reckless conduct on the part of the defendant, whose driving was outside the claimant’s expectation based on his understanding and experience. Accordingly, the Queen’s Bench Division, rejected the defence of contributory negligence and entered judgment for the claimant on the whole claim, with damages to be assessed on a full liability basis. The court further dismissed the CPR Pt 20 claim against the claimant’s mother.

Company

Re Zinc Hotels (Holdings) Ltd and other companies; Zinc Hotels (Investment) Ltd and another v Beveridge and others [2018] EWHC 1936 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 172 (Jul)

Where, as in the present case, administrators had been appointed under para 14 of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 by a floating charge-holder, an additional administrator could only

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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