Author: Alexander Cornelius, (pupil barrister, 12KBW) In the tragic case of Dobson v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police [2025] EWHC … More
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Police liability, failures to warn, and difficulties with the ‘interference principle’: Chief Constable of Northamptonshire v Woodcock [2025] EWCA Civ 13
Jessica Muurman examines the judgment in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire v Woodcock [2025] EWCA Civ 13, in which the Court … More
Samrai v Kalia [2024]: lessons for experts and the difficulties in establishing fundamental dishonesty
Alex Carington examines the lessons for experts and the difficulties in establishing fundamental dishonesty in a recent decision on sexual … More
Anonymity orders: the view from the coalface following PMC v A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB)
In this blog post, Finn Selman, pupil barrister at 12KBW, analyses the judgment in PMC v A Local Health Board … More
Liability for omissions: Is the law as it should be?
John-Paul Swoboda examines liability for omissions in the police negligence case of Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police … More
Price v Marston’s Plc [2024] EWHC 1352 (KB): a short case comment
Courts should not lightly depart from precedent and actuarial & statistical tools, such as those based on the Ogden tables, … More
Employment and personal injury case brought by trainee naval cadet struck out
Robert Oldham, pupil barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk, highlights the lessons for practitioners in Townsend v Corporation of Trinity … More
Doughty v Kazmierski: contributory negligence of motorcyclist in a four-vehicle collision
Steven Snowden KC secures a finding of 25% contributory negligence in the liability-only trial of a road traffic accident where … More
To stay or not to stay – medical examination and fairness between the parties
HHJ Gargan in Clarke v Poole and others [2024] EWHC 1509 (KB) held that the Claimant’s claim for future losses, … More
Strike-out on the basis of facts, not law
Lukes v Kent & Medway NHS Trust is an instructive illustration of whether strike-out applications can succeed on factual grounds against either healthcare or police defendants in the context of claims for provision of negligent mental health treatment/assessment.
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