An avenue closed: vicarious liability and non-delegable duties in abuse cases By Andrea Ward When representing claimants or defendants in child abuse claims, is it impossible to feel anything…
DAC Beachcroft Secures Successful Strike Out Following CN & GN v Poole By Andrea Ward, Joanne Kingsland The court struck out a “failure to remove claim” under CPR 4…
Limitation in Scottish Abuse Claim Considered by the High Court By Andrew Ireland, Andrea Ward The effect of the Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017, and whether a claim for…
Vicarious liability considered by the Supreme Court – have its elastic boundaries been flexed again? By Andrea Ward, David Williams On 1 April 2020, the Supreme Court handed down its judgments in two important cases on vicarious…
Scottish Court awards substantial damages in historic abuse case By Andrea Ward, Andrew Ireland A Scottish court has made an award of damages in excess of £300,000 to a man who developed a…
Vicarious liability for the criminal acts of an employee: abuse of position of trust results in school’s vicarious liability for actions of teacher By Andrea Ward, David Williams Following the Court of Appeal’s decision in Haringey London Borough Council v FZO, we take an…
Is limitation still arguable in historic abuse claims? By Andrea Ward, Joanne Kingsland Following the recent court judgement in Dunn v Durham County Council, we look at whether a…
Historic abuse claim damages award exceeds £1 million By Andrea Ward, David Knapp The High Court has given a powerful illustration of the potential impact of historic abuse claims…
Has the roller coaster ride come to an end – the future of Social Services Negligence claims? By Andrea Ward, Tom Walshaw, David Knapp, Joanne Kingsland The Supreme Court's judgment in a recent abuse case took an in depth look at the action in…
Defendant's investigations persuade Court not to exercise discretion on Mau Mau limitation question By Andrea Ward, Tom Walshaw, David Williams The question of whether the Court should exercise its discretion to allow a statute-barred claim to…
Historic sexual abuse claim statute-barred when raised in existing proceedings By Andrea Ward, David Williams The question of whether a claim for damages for sexual abuse was statute-barred was considered by…
Human Rights Act claims against Social Workers-The serious ramifications of breaching Section 20 Children Act 1989 By Andrea Ward, Tom Walshaw, David Knapp, Joanne Kingsland Local Authorities have recently seen a marked increase in claims alleging breach of the Human…
Vicarious liability for deliberate actions of independent contractor upheld on appeal By Andrea Ward The question of whether and employer should be held liable for the deliberate criminal assaults of…
