Source: https://zenithpi.wordpress.com/2016/03/
Timestamp: 2019-06-19 11:47:26
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Matched Legal Cases: ['EWCA ', 'UKSC ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'art 2', 'ART 36', 'EWCA ', 'art 36']

March | 2016 | Zenith PI: PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION IN PRACTICE
Is an absent bannister disrepair? – The Defective Premises Act considered
March 29, 2016 ·	by zenithpi ·	in Uncategorized	· Leave a comment
By Jonathan Holsgrove The Court of Appeal have recently considered the issue of whether or not a missing bannister could amount to disrepair pursuant to section 4 of the Defective Premises Act 1972. Sternbaum v Dhesi [2016] EWCA Civ 155 involved business premises let by D to a company in which S had an interest. […]
THE LAW OF VICARIOUS LIABILITY IS ON THE MOVE… AND HASN’T FINISHED MOVING YET.
March 23, 2016 ·	by zenithpi ·	in Uncategorized	· Leave a comment
By Chris Rafferty “The law of vicarious liability is on the move”, so began Lord Reed in his judgment in Cox -v- Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10. One can forgive the lack of originality in quoting from the judgment of Lord Phillips in his last ever judgment as President of the Supreme Court.[1] It […]
By Vilma Vodanovic Last week I went off to the County Court at Newcastle to defend a strike out application made by the Defendant alleging abuse of process. I suspect this won’t be the first time that this factual scenario has arisen where defendants have sought to strike out a claim and where they have […]
83RD Amendment to CPR
March 16, 2016 ·	by zenithpi ·	in Uncategorized	· 1 Comment
By Helen Rutherford When does it come into effect? 6 April 2016 Amendments to Cost Management Only the first page of Precedent H is to be exchanged and filed in cases where the value of the claims is under £50,000 or the costs are less than £25,000 Claims made on behalf of a child are […]
NO DISCRETION TO DISALLOW SIMMONS V CASTLE UPLIFT
March 8, 2016 ·	by zenithpi ·	in Uncategorized	· Leave a comment
By Bronia Hartley Summers v Bundy [2016] EWCA Civ 126 A clinical negligence Claimant appealed against a decision that he was not entitled to a 10% uplift in an award of general damages, as required by Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1039. [2013] 1 W. L. R. 1239. The Appellant had been legally aided. […]
THE CHILD IN THE ROAD Part 2
March 7, 2016 ·	by zenithpi ·	in Uncategorized	· Leave a comment
By John Collins Six months ago I discussed at some length the issues arising from the decision of the Supreme Court in Jackson v Murray [2015] PIQR P249. More recently in Sabir v Osei-Kwabena [2016] PIQR Q56, the problem cropped up again, this time in the Court of Appeal. Maria Sabir is short of […]
PART 36 TRUMPS FIXED COSTS (AND NO DONALD IN SIGHT): Broadhurst and Taylor v Tan and Smith [2016] EWCA Civ 94
March 1, 2016 ·	by zenithpi ·	in Uncategorized	· Leave a comment
By Ruwena Khan In a claim which starts under the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims (in this case the RTA Protocol), what happens when a Claimant obtains a judgment against a defendant which is at least as advantageous to them as the proposals contained in a Part 36 offer – does the […]