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‘Professional Liability and Coverage Update: what happened in 2024 and what’s in store in 2025?’ Full Story 4 New Square, 6th January 2025Source: www.4newsquare.com
View ArticleHave you renewed your MOT? RTA claims and “ex turpi causa” – UK Human Rights...
‘Ali v HSF Logistics Polska SP ZOO [2024] EWCA 1479. This was a very simple case that illustrates in a nutshell the courts’ approach to the principle of “ex turpi causa”: the notion that prevents a...
View ArticleYou Can’t Lose What You Never Had: Ali v HSF Logistics Polska SP Zoo – Pump...
‘Mr Ali had incurred credit hire charges of over £21,500 following an accident in which his car was damaged. The Defendant argued that since Mr Ali’s car did not have a valid MOT, and there was no...
View ArticleMental health, clinical negligence and the illegality defence – UK Human...
‘In Ecila Henderson v. Dorset Healthcare University NHS Trust Foundation [2020] UKSC 43 the Supreme Court has revisited the defence of illegality (“ex turpi causa”) in the context of a claim for...
View ArticleDangerous Driving, Joint Criminal Enterprise and Ex Turpi Causa Defence: is...
‘In the case of Kelly Wallett (on her own behalf and on behalf of the dependants of Ian Hill (Deceased)) v Vickers [2018] EWHC 3088 (QB) the High Court considered (heard on 14.11.2018) issues of joint...
View ArticleDangerous driving, joint criminal enterprise and ex turpi causa defence: is...
‘In the case of Kelly Wallett (on her own behalf and on behalf of the dependants of Ian Hill (Deceased)) v Vickers [2018] EWHC 3088 (QB) the High Court considered (heard on 14.11.2018) issues of joint...
View ArticleEe Turpi Causa and the MIB – Zenith PI Blog
‘Smith appealed against the decision of the MIB not to meet his personal injury claim when it was discovered that the First Defendant was an uninsured driver.’ Full story Zenith PI Blog, 20th January...
View ArticleParticipation in an illegal joint enterprise is not a bar to recovery in a...
‘Personal injury arises out of criminal acts as well as legal ones. The good news is this is not a bar to recovery.’ Full story Zenith PI Blog, 8th May 2015 Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
View ArticleJetivia SA and another (Appellants) v Bilta (UK) Limited and others...
Jetivia SA and another (Appellants) v Bilta (UK) Limited and others (Respondents) [2015] UKSC 23 (YouTube) Supreme Court, 22nd April 2015 Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt
View ArticleMcCracken (a protected party by his litigation friend) v Smith (Damian) and...
McCracken (a protected party by his litigation friend) v Smith (Damian) and others [2015] EWCA Civ 380; [2015] WLR (D) 183 ‘Where a claimant’s injury had two separate causes, one of which was his own...
View ArticleBilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Nazir and others (No 2) (Revenue...
Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Nazir and others (No 2) (Revenue and Customs Commissioners intervening) [2015] UKSC 23; [2015] WLR (D) 182 ‘The defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio...
View ArticleCriminal Acts and Compensation – Zenith PI Blog
‘The recent case of AB v Chief Constable of X Constabulary provided the High Court with an opportunity to review the doctrine of ex turpi causa and its application in personal injury cases.’ Full story...
View ArticleLes Laboratoires Servier and another (Appellants) v Apotex Inc and Others...
Les Laboratoires Servier and another (Appellants) v Apotex Inc and Others (Respondents) [2014] UKSC 55 (YouTube) Supreme Court, 29th October 2014 Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt
View ArticleLes Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others – WLR Daily
Les Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others [2014] UKSC 55; [2014] WLR (D) 452 ‘Although acts which constituted “turpitude” for the purposes of giving rise to the defence of ex turpi...
View ArticleSnakes & ladders – New Law Journal
“The press would have us believe that criminals can do what they like and then merrily sue all and sundry for the unfortunate consequences of those actions. Sadly for tabloid journalists this is simply...
View ArticleJoyce v O’Brien and another – WLR Daily
Joyce v O’Brien and another [2013] EWCA Civ 546; [2013] WLR (D) 182 “Where the character of a joint criminal enterprise was such that it was foreseeable that a party or parties might be subject to...
View ArticleDomestic and Personal Injury Newsletter – Thirty Nine Essex Street
Domestic and Personal Injury Newsletter (PDF) Thirty Nine Essex Street, June 2012 Source: www.39essex.com
View ArticleLes Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others – WLR Daily
Les Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others [2012] EWCA Civ 593; [2012] WLR (D) 138 “The court was able to take into account a wide range of considerations in order to ensure that the...
View ArticleDelaney v Pickett and another – WLR Daily
Delaney v Pickett and another; [2011] EWCA Civ 1532; [2011] WLR (D) 390 “In looking to the possible application of the defence of ‘ex turpi’ in a claim of negligence arising out of a road traffic...
View ArticleProfessional negligence litigation rise down to the unscrupulous few – Law...
“Economically speaking, the law is generally thought to be a counter-cyclical profession.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 12th May 2011 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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