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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
5 June 2014
Legal Update: Celebrities challenge national newspaper over alleged defamatory articles
Singer and television personality Tulisa Contostavlos and actor and comedian Russell Brand have successfully brought claims against a national newspaper over defamatory articles published in the UK press. The details and outcomes of each case can be seen below.
4 June 2014
Civil fraud - a claim for deceit
The Judge in the recent case of Leni Gas and Oil Investments Ltd and another v Malta Oil Pty Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 893 examined the legal principles applicable to the tort of deceit.
16 May 2014
Professional Standards Authority for Health & Social Care v General Dental Council & Anor (2014)
High Court quashes finding of Professional Conduct Committee that dentist’s actions were ‘deliberately misleading’ but not ‘dishonest’, and agrees that reprimand was ‘unduly lenient’.
17 April 2014
Case update: The Court’s approach to amending particulars of claim in light of the Jackson reforms
Following the Jackson reforms and the decision in Andrew Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1537, the courts are now charged with balancing proportionality of costs and fairness to all parties.
17 April 2014
Case Update: Intention is key when interpreting frustrated Will
In the estate of Steven James Andrew Huntley (Deceased) subnom (1) Michael Brooke (2) Arthur Jennings (3) Ian Campbell v Louise Purton & 5 Ors [2014] EWHC 547 (Ch), the High Court confirmed that the correct approach to the interpretation of a frustrated Will was the same as that for a contract: the aim was to identify the testator's intention.