Article 3 - What is the test for inhuman and degrading treatment in a social care context? By Lucy Harris The Supreme Court last week refused the Claimant's application for permission to appeal in the case of AB v Worcestershire County Council and Birmingham City Council . This decision and earlier guidance from the Court of Appeal and High Court…
Health and Safety in Numbers – the HSE’s Annual Statistics for 2022/23 By Stefan Desbordes On 22nd November, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its annual statistics on work related ill-health and workplace injuries for the 2022/23 period. In this article our experts consider what these statistics mean and what to expect in…
Road deaths in Scotland at their highest since 2016 By Rachel Rough Transport Scotland has recently published statistics confirming 173 people were killed in road collisions in Scotland in 2022. This is 32 more than in 2021 and represents a 23% increase, being the highest number of fatalities for the last 7 years.
"Full and final" means "full and final" By Helen Mason In February we reported on the striking out with costs of a claim brought in respect of hire charges of £45,000 after a Part 36 offer in respect of the whole of the claimant's claim had been accepted.
Selling an Insurance Broker - some common issues arising By Jonathan Deverill The insurance broker consolidation market has been extremely active in recent years, and that trend seems set to continue for the time being. There have been a number of factors behind this, including: Succession planning – founders wish to…
Latest ASHE data on carers' pay – PPO recalculations and care cost inflation By Richard Stallard It must be Autumn as the country is being buffeted by one storm after another and the Office for National Statistics has just published the latest version of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).
Automated vehicles back on the parliamentary agenda By Peter Allchorne On 7 th November, King Charles III delivered his first King's Speech, and what is highly likely to be the current government's final agenda before the next General Election. In it, the government proposed to bring 21 Bills before Parliament.
Are E-bikes Motor Vehicles? By Peter Allchorne In KBC Verzekeringen NV v P&V Verzekeringen CVBA C-286/22 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), was required to rule on a claim arising out of a collision between a cyclist on an electric bike (e-bike) and a car, resulting in the…
Koetsier v Thomas & Nolton Stables [2023] By Richard Rowe Richard Rowe, Partner and expert in claims involving animals acted on behalf of the successful dog owner in a claim for significant damages brought in the High Court by a horse rider who was seriously injured after the horse he was riding reacted to…
Overwhelming evidence leads to admission of fundamental dishonesty By Claire Laver In the case of Rokheeb Usman v Zubair Iqbal and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc we can see to what extent a claimant's alleged injuries and ongoing disabilities in a claim can be completely contradicted by what they post on social media.