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News 2 set 2020
Kennedys announces largest-ever round of senior staff appointments in Australia
The Australian arm of global insurance and litigation law firm Kennedys today announced the promotion of 10 lawyers to new senior roles, in the largest-ever group of promotions for the firm in Australia in a single year.
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Article 26 ago 2020
Staying GDPR compliant during COVID-19
The crisis has raised questions around whether firms can ask for information on symptoms and diagnoses, and whether they can store this data. Amanda Beaumont advises.
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Case review 26 ago 2020
Fundamental dishonesty and the litigant in person
The County Court at Brighton recently hosted the final chapter in the saga of Tess Garraway v Holland & Barrett Ltd, a public liability personal injury claim arising out of an accident in December 2013, with the judgment providing a useful reminder of the test to be applied when assessing fundamental dishonesty.
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Article 20 ago 2020
Neurodiversity in the workplace
With one in seven of the UK population believed to have some sort of neurodivergence such as Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome or ADHD, there are some very important considerations for employers, which have been brought into even sharper focus since the pandemic.
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Article 12 ago 2020
Hong Kong Personal Injury Brief - August 2020 edition
In this edition of the PI brief, we highlight a recent decision where insurer was not permitted to intervene to dispute liability and some procedural wins for defendants on psychiatric expert evidence and costs sanctions for exaggerated claims.
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Article 12 ago 2020
Ogden 8: an occasion for optimism?
The Seventh Edition of the Ogden Tables was published on 1 August 2011. Much has changed in the intervening nine years as the Explanatory Notes to the Eighth Edition make clear, not least Brexit, a global pandemic and gradually declining improvements in life expectancy.
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Case review 10 ago 2020
Court of Appeal decision on jurisdiction: the tort gateway test and presumption of law
In a decision handed down on 29 July 2020 the Court of Appeal ruled on the continuing personal injury and dependency claim by Lady Christine Brownlie against Four Seasons entities.
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Report 28 jul 2020
COVID-19: business as usual in the ‘new normal’? A global view
We take a look at the changing practice of business throughout this period via the lens of our global corporate and commercial practice areas. We also consider the way forward for organisations in this ‘new normal’.
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Article 24 jul 2020
Death in service payments – key aspects of the schemes across the UK and Ireland
On 27 April 2020, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the availability of new death in service benefits for eligible NHS and social care staff providing vital frontline work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Article 9 jul 2020
Chancellor vows to “protect, support and create jobs” in his Summer Statement