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Sofia Ashraf
Personal Injury
30/06/2020

Rushbrooke -v- HM Coroner for West London [2020] EWHC 1612 (Admin)

Sofia Ashraf was instructed by Sarah Huntbach and Sasha Hibbitt of Anthony Collins Solicitors on behalf of Ms Rushbrooke to advise and to draft the application to quash the original inquest in a complex, multi-issue matter involving a deceased who...
Colin Baran
Personal Injury
16/06/2020

Of Causation and Coronavirus – Are Covid-19 Injury Claims Likely to Succeed?

As the world gradually gets back to work, there can be little doubt that the employer’s duty to provide for their employees a safe system of work, safe workplace and protective equipment must now include a requirement to risk assess and to take...
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Personal Injury
08/06/2020

Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1415 (QB): A glimmer of hope for secondary victims?

The law relating to secondary victims, who suffer psychiatric injury as a result of witnessing a shocking event, has long been an area of contention. Since the seminal case of Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] AC 310 and the...
Park with trees
Personal Injury
04/06/2020

How about a trip in the park?

In Barlow v Wigan MBC [2020] EWCA Civ 696 the CA has decided that a footpath in a public park constructed and belonging to the Council since the 1930s was a highway maintainable at public expense. The Claimant had tripped over tree root along the...
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Personal Injury
26/05/2020

Aldred -v- Cham : End of the road but not the end of the matter

Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court denied by Lords Hodge, Briggs and Leggatt on the basis that the application did not give rise to a point of law of general public importance. Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal was asked to consider...
Doctor with PPE
Personal Injury
14/05/2020

PPE: a consideration of civil liabilities

Lorna Badham, a barrister specialising in Personal Injury and Employment law at St Philips Chambers, provides a legal perspective on this headline-dominating topic.  Have we ever talked so much about PPE?  Each breakfast bulletin features...
Petar Starcevic
Personal Injury
24/04/2020

VIDEO: Vicarious Liability by Petar Starcevic

In the brave new world of remote video hearings, a few tips to help you through your first experience. by Petar Starcevic. Please click here to view.
Mirza Ahmed
Personal Injury
23/04/2020

Mirza Ahmad’s Top Tips for Trials via Skype for Business

By Mirza Ahmad, Barrister A. Pre – Trial considerations Communication / IT issues 1. Check to make sure your instructing solicitors, the court and your client have your direct contact details (e-mail and mobile number); 2. Get solicitors to...
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