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Successful claim by musician
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018
Duty of police to conduct effective investigation into violent crime
The Supreme Court turned its attention to the question of whether the state is obliged, by the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) art 3, to conduct effective investigations into crimes involving serious violence to persons, whether the..
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018
Test for whether door was “suitably constructed”
The court has considered the interaction between the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No 3004) and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No 2306), and went on to outline the test to be..
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018
Road Traffic cases
Head-on collision with parked police vehicle
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018
Withdrawal of life support from terminally ill child
The Supreme Court has been involved in the harrowing litigation concerning the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Alfie Evans. This has highlighted an almost intractable problem for parents, clinicians and lawyers that can arise when..
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018
Pre-action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury claims in RTAs
The Supreme Court held in this case, unanimously, that solicitors could be entitled to an equitable lien over the debt arising from the settlement agreement. The appeal tested the limits in a modern context, of the long-established remedy..
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018
In brief
In the context of problems which have been experienced by immigrants and their family members, the claimant who appeared in person in R (Lawal) v North Middlesex Hospital, decided on 12 April 2018, unreported, was refused interim relief. It was held..
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018
Vibration risks at work
The Court of Appeal has decided a case concerning an employee who had suffered occasional transitory exposure to vibration at work, some of which exceeded the accepted threshold level. It was held that the recorder who heard the case at first..
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11 May 2018
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Volume 34 Issue 04 - 10 May 2018