7th September 2017
Responding to the Ministry of Justice’s announcement on the discount rate Peter Todd, personal injury specialist who has also advised the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) on the discount rate for a number of years, says: The government has taken the historic decision to reverse that landmark ruling made in Wells by the House…
1st September 2017
Daniel Fitzpatrick, housing partner, has been elected to the Law Society Council. At the same time, the firm’s managing partner, Vidisha Joshi, has been appointed to the Society’s Civil Justice Committee. Both appointments are effective 1 September. Daniel Fitzpatrick is elected to the Society’s Council as its housing representative. He is also a long-standing member…
8th August 2017
The parents of a seven-year-old boy have been successful in their quest to have an NHS England decision about life-changing treatment for their seven-year old son quashed. In a judgment handed down today, the Honourable Mrs Justice Andrews ruled that “their claim for judicial review succeeds and the decision of 14 December 2016 is quashed…
4th August 2017
When 31-year-old London builder, William Pellett, organised a golfing trip to Malaga for a friend’s birthday in September 2015, he didn’t realise it would change his life for ever and he is now telling a cautionary tale to prevent others from making the same mistake. Then 29 years old and just a few months away…
23rd June 2017
One of the UK’s leading lawyers for people injured after being vaccinated, has welcomed this week’s decision in the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in W and others v Sanofi Pasteur. The ECJ had been asked to rule whether a French court’s decision breached the EU Product Liability Directive, which was given effect under UK…
