Clarke v Poole: To reopen or not to reopen

Finn Selman, Pupil Barrister at 12KBW, discusses the issues of medical examination and fairness between the parties in the latest … More

Young v Downey: Court of Appeal affirms Alcock test for secondary victim claims

Lara Thomas examines the Court of Appeal’s recent confirmation in Young v Downey [2025] EWCA Civ 177 that there is … More

Author: Alexander Cornelius, (pupil barrister, 12KBW) In the tragic case of Dobson v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police [2025] EWHC … More

Jessica Muurman examines the judgment in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire v Woodcock [2025] EWCA Civ 13, in which the Court … More

Alex Carington examines the lessons for experts and the difficulties in establishing fundamental dishonesty in a recent decision on sexual … More

In this blog post, Finn Selman, pupil barrister at 12KBW, analyses the judgment in PMC v A Local Health Board … More

John-Paul Swoboda examines liability for omissions in the police negligence case of Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police … More

Courts should not lightly depart from precedent and actuarial & statistical tools, such as those based on the Ogden tables, … More

Robert Oldham, pupil barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk, highlights the lessons for practitioners in Townsend v Corporation of Trinity … More

Steven Snowden KC secures a finding of 25% contributory negligence in the liability-only trial of a road traffic accident where … More