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Various Claimants v Barclays Bank is a claim in vicarious liability arising from sexual assaults perpetrated by an independent doctor conducting health examinations on employees and prospective employees of Barclays Bank, on the bank’s behalf.
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The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the case of Barclays Bank plc and Various Claimants has been handed down.
Mrs Jean Edwards v Hugh James Ford Simey (a Firm) (2018 EWCA) is an interesting case involving solicitor’s negligence in the bringing of a disease claim under a vibration white finger scheme against the Department of Trade and Industry by the estate of a former miner.
Under the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000, Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 and the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988), lifetime anonymity is afforded to victims of sexual abuse in current and historical claims.
The case of Ruffell v Lovatt is a salutary tale of how a party’s expert’s evidence can unravel in court. The Judge severely criticised one of the Claimant’s experts, finding him ill-prepared and ill-equipped to give balanced and impartial evidence.
The Court of Appeal decision in Clay v TUI UK Ltd [link] considers where an intervening act is sufficient to break the chain of causation.
Yesterday saw the publication of a report on this question by the National Audit Office. It observed that the government has spent more than £200 million on 26 Inquiries that have been established and reported since 2005.
The Justice Select Committee has now called on the government to put then Chancellor, George Osborne's, plans on hold whilst the litigation reforms already implemented over the past five years are evaluated.
We recently had cause to appeal a decision of a District Judge preventing us from relying upon video footage (even though he had described it as “pure gold”).
The MoJ has today announced a consultation that will likely lead to profound changes in the volume and nature of compensation claims.
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