Insurance Legislation By Helen Faulkner Legislative changes are bringing major changes to the Insurance landscape. This collection houses DAC Beachcroft's alerts on the pertinent issues.
The Insurance Act 2015 By Nick Young The Insurance Act 2015 comes into force in August 2016 and will represent a significant change to insurance contract law in this country. This collection provides practical advice and looks at various topics relating to the Act. You can save…
DAC Beachcroft Spotlight: 2019 Health and Safety in Numbers By Stefan Desbordes As we begin to approach the end of 2019, it is that time of year again when the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in festive spirit, release their annual statistics for work related ill health, workplace injuries, working days lost, enforcement…
Surcharge on Health & Safety Fines in Scotland By Colin Bissett The Victim Surcharge (Scotland) Regulations 2019 came into force on 25 November 2019. This means Scottish Courts must now impose a surcharge where a person is convicted of an offence and where that person is fined. What impact could this have on…
New Judicial College Guidelines published By David Williams The 15th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases was published on the 26th November 2019, more than two years after the previous edition. The Guidelines acknowledge that during the last two…
Service of Proceedings on a Solicitor By David Williams The recent case of Nangelenan v Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust [ 2001 ] has highlighted a very significant flaw in the acceptance of service by a nominated solicitor. What is this flaw, what could it mean for your case and how can you ensure…
“Rather fail with honour than succeed by fraud” By Catherine Burt For committal applications to be made, is it essential that there be “proceedings”. This important question was considered by the Courts in Jet 2 Holidays Ltd v Hughes & Anor [2019]. What impact could this have on future claims?
ASPIC clarifies rules of the employment of Counsel By John Maillie In Daniel Graham v Enviroclean (Scotland) Limited [2019], the Court looks at whether a sanction should be granted for some items of work done by Counsel when the view is this work could have been done by the Solicitor. What impact could this have on…
Court of Session decides when Defenders need to show their hand By John Maillie Following the judgement in B v Inverurie Skip Hire Ltd [2019], we look at whether delaying disclosure of evidence, in this case surveillance evidence, is accepted in Scottish Courts.
Supreme Court settles the debate on who deals with Unidentified Driver cases By John Maillie Can a claim be brought against the unidentified driver of a vehicle following a road traffic accident? This questions was considered in the case of Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019]. What affect could this have on future cases?
Court Fee Remissions By William Swift Recent increases in Court Fees have seen them rise to a point at which, for large proportions of the population, the cost of commencing proceedings appears to be unaffordable. In order to provide access to justice and maintain the right to commence…
Recoverability of Counsel’s Fees where a claim has exited the pre-action protocol By William Swift Recoverability of Counsel’s Fees where a claim has exited the pre-action protocol for low value personal injury (Employers Liability and Public Liability) claims (the Protocol)
