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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
10 March 2016
Legal update: Worldwide Freezing Orders - a useful tool
The English courts can grant a worldwide freezing order (WFO) to enable victims of fraud to freeze assets located in a multitude of jurisdictions. In Arcadia Petroleum Ltd v Bosworth & Others [2015] EWHC 3700 (Comm) the Court gave permission to enforce such an order in Switzerland and Lebanon, applying the Dadourian guidelines as set out by the Court of Appeal in Dadourian Group International Inc v Simms& Others [2006] EXCA Civ 399.
26 February 2016
Professional negligence claims - requirement for clear advice and terms of engagement
When a client choses to retain the services of a solicitor (or other professional person) they are relying on their specialist expertise to help them get the best possible outcome. A professional has a duty to exercise “reasonable care and skill” when dealing with their clients. A failure to meet this standard, giving rise to a mistake that a reasonable professional person working in the same field would not have made, could give rise to a negligence claim if the client has suffered a financial loss as a consequence of the mistake.
22 February 2016
Is it “reasonable” to apply for further financial provision under the 1975 Act?
On 12 February 2016, the Central London County Court dismissed a claim brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) for further financial provision to be awarded to a widow out of a deceased’s estate. The claim was brought by Thandi Wooldridge, whose husband died in 2010.
17 February 2016
Legal update: Court of Appeal considers 'without prejudice' in claim involving litigant-in-person
Suh and another v Mace (UK) [2016] EWCA Civ 4
The Court of Appeal has heard a case which examines the applicability of “without prejudice” privilege in relation to two meetings which took place between a claimant litigant-in-person and the defendant’s solicitor.
11 February 2016
Legal update: football club defends appeal case on the pitch
Gartell & Son v Yeovil Town Football & Athletic Club Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 62
The Appellant – a partnership specialising in ground works to sports fields – appealed a decision of the Court firstly to dismiss its claim for payment under a contract with the Respondent football club and secondly to allow the Respondent’s entire counterclaim.
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