Suspended sentence for former employee who lied in court By Kerry Bell Paravash Kiani a former travel agent who claimed she had been injured by a colleague who ‘stabbed’ her hand with a pen at work, has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years.
School successfully claims full refund following cancelled package trip to USA By Jonathan Bingham In this article our experts consider one of the first cases to determine whether a school is entitled to a full refund where they cancel their school trip is the case of Brynmawr Foundation School v Holiday World International Travel Limited (t/a…
Building Safety Act By Fiona Gill The Building Safety Act finally received Royal Assent on 28 th April 2022 following a robust debate in Parliament. The Act is ambitious in its scope and will apply to everyone involved in the design, construction and management of buildings. It has…
Avoid being sanctioned for breaching sanctions – navigating the new rules By Christopher Dyke The world has witnessed the deplorable humanitarian consequences which have resulted from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but there are commercial consequences too. Almost no area of the UK economy is exempt from new rules designed to severely…
No Get Around Clause For Credit Hire Companies! By Emma Fuller DAC Beachcroft successfully defend appeal as the Court of Appeal makes finding that demand made under a contractual term is not recoverable.
Fraud Future Series: Exaggeration & Cost Layering Welcome to the second instalment of the DACB Fraud Future Series, where we continue our appraisal of predictions made prior to the Whiplash Reforms, using analytics to understand what has transpired. In this instalment we look more closely at the…
“On a road or other public place” – the future of UK motor insurance By Peter Allchorne The House of Lords has today passed the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill into law. Royal Assent is expected this week and the new Act will come into force two months after Royal Assent. By the end of June, the UK’s compulsory motor…
Rules on the safe use of automated vehicles: government consultation response By Peter Allchorne In April 2021, the Department for Transport (DfT) published its consultation on proposed amendments to the Highway Code intended to support the safe incorporation of emerging self-driving technology onto the UK’s road network. Almost a year later,…
Settlement of claims and complaints – how far can you go? By Clare Hughes-Williams Claimants bringing professional negligence claims can sometimes also threaten, or bring, a regulatory complaint in respect of the same issues which form the basis of the civil claim for damages. In claims against solicitors, a Claimant may consider…
PI Damages guideline rises: 16th Edition of the JC Guidelines published By Andrew Parker The Judicial College (formerly the Judicial Studies Board) has published the latest edition of its guideline damages for personal injury claims, more than 2 years since they were last updated in January 2020.