Lara Thomas examines the Court of Appeal’s recent confirmation in Young v Downey [2025] EWCA Civ 177 that there is…
No assumption of responsibility after release from police custody: Dobson v Leicestershire Police
Author: Alexander Cornelius, (pupil barrister, 12KBW) In the tragic case of Dobson v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police [2025] EWHC…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The Court of Appeal rules that local authorities can be vicariously liable for abuse in familial foster placements: DJ v Barnsley
In this blog, Megan Griffiths of 12KBW considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in DJ v Barnsley on the first…
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…
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…
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