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29 April 2021
Burnett or Grant (Respondent) v International Insurance Company of Hanover Ltd (Appellant) (Scotland) 2021 [UKSC] 12 The widow of a man who was killed after being ejected from a public bar has had her right to claim damages from the insurers of the doorman’s employers confirmed by the Supreme Court.
21 April 2021
We discuss how you could ensure that your children’s financial situation was looked after should anything ever happen to you while they were still young.
22 April 2021
Comedy and quantum seem unlikely bedfellows. They do, however, share one thing in common; timing is everything. When assessing loss, the question often arises: On what date should my loss be calculated? In both England and Scotland, the default position is that loss is assessed on the date when the wrong occurs. In Gosden v Halliwell Landau 2021 EWHC 159 (Comm) the High Court in England underlined that this rule is more mercurial than its categorisation might suggest.
15 April 2021
In the case of Towughantse v GMC, the appellant was a consultant paediatric surgeon subject to a hearing before a Medical Practitioners Tribunal (“MPT”) after a General Medical Council (“GMC”) investigation into his fitness to practise. The MPT determined that the appellant’s acts and omissions contributed to the avoidable death of a new-born baby in 2013.
13 April 2021
We discuss the difficult question some parents might have to face: “Who looks after my children if I die?” and outlines what provisions parents can make to ensure their children are looked after should the unimaginable happen.
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