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Article 12/08/2020
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.
Article 12/08/2020
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.
Article 24/07/2020
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.
Article 06/07/2020
Last Saturday saw a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions with the opening of certain businesses and venues in England including cafes, restaurants and pubs. The government’s guidance to these businesses includes requirements around personal data capture.
Article 06/07/2020
Our latest thinking into the insurance impacts arising from the ongoing crisis is offered against England entering Phase 3 of its recovery plan, with large parts of the economy opening for socially distanced service for the first time since early March.
Article 25/06/2020
General duties placed on employers in respect of health and safety also apply to any decision to re-open the office.
Article 19/06/2020
A summary of key developments including an update on bereavement damages in England and Wales, the postponement of the whiplash reforms, an update on QOCS in Scotland, research into remote hearings, the FCA’s test case on business interruption cover during the coronavirus pandemic and consultation on the discount rate in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Article 18/06/2020
A roundup of recent court decisions raising issues relating to a football club being vicariously liable for abuse carried out by a volunteer scout, two Supreme Court decisions on vicarious liability, the dismissal of an entire claim following a finding of fundamental dishonesty, and a cost reduction due to an exaggerated claim.
Article 15/06/2020
The Government announced that its contribution to wage costs during furlough is reducing with effect from 1 August 2020 and, with effect from 1 July 2020, employers will have the option to be more flexible in its approach to furlough.
Article 08/06/2020
The results of Part 2 of the Law Commissions’ joint consultation into the regulation of automated vehicles, “emphasised how uncertain the future has become, and how regulation must be sufficiently flexible to deal with a wide variety of eventualities.”
