by Simon Hale | Jan 5, 2016 | Newsletter, Newsletter: January 2016
When do lawyers come under enhanced/wider duties: Giambrone and all that Shantanu Majumdar, Radcliffe Chambers It is routinely said that the scope of a solicitor’s duties is determined primarily by the terms of its retainer. Thus – to quote what an American...
by Simon Hale | Mar 29, 2015 | Newsletter, Newsletter: March 2015
Welcome to our third digital newsletter. I would like to thank the editor, Simon Hale, for producing it, as well as all the contributors. This month, we are very pleased to be able to publish a paper given Lord Justice Jackson, our President, which was...
by Simon Hale | Mar 29, 2015 | Newsletter, Newsletter: March 2015
Upcoming events To reserve a place for any PNBA event please email: woodbridge@crownofficechambers.com 21 April 2015 The 17th Annual Peter Taylor Memorial Address “The Professions: Power, Privilege and Legal Liability”, delivered by Rt. Hon. Lord Justice...
by Simon Hale | Mar 29, 2015 | Newsletter, Newsletter: March 2015
CONCURRENT LIABILITY: WHERE HAVE THINGS GONE WRONG?[1] Lecture by Lord Justice Jackson to the Technology & Construction Bar Association and the Society of Construction Law on 30th October 2014 INDEX 1. Introduction 2. Roman law (i) Tort (ii) Contract 3. ...
by Simon Hale | Mar 29, 2015 | Newsletter, Newsletter: March 2015
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board Supreme Court 11 March 2015 [2015] UKSC 11 Subject: Clinical negligence—Consent—Duties of health care professionals to discuss treatment options—Causation of harm to wrong Summary: A bench of seven Supreme Court Justices held that...
by Simon Hale | Mar 29, 2015 | Newsletter, Newsletter: March 2015
Goldswain (and Anor) v Beltec Limited (t/a BCS Consulting) (and Anor) Technology and Construction Court (Akenhead J) 10 March 2015 [2015] EWHC 556 (TCC) Subject: Professional Negligence—Engineers—Residential cellar conversion—Underpinning—Collapse of property—Works...
