Bébhinn Murphy explores the first reported e-scooter case to consider the defence of illegality, with input from Oliver Rudd, who…
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…
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…
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…
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