Guideline Hourly Rates Update 18th Mar 2021CJC, Costs, Costs, CPR & Courts, Guideline Hourly RateFOILLondon Market FOILFOIL obtains data by FOI request that confirms the figures behind the 2020 recommendations are fatally flawed.
Revised FOIL Scotland /APIL Agreement Update 17th Mar 2021Agreement between pursuers and defenders, Corona Virus, COVID-19, CPR & CourtsFOIL ScotlandFOIL selectTomorrow's FOILFOIL and APIL reach a new agreement on best practice for mutual cooperation during Covid-19
Vicarious liability: Christian Brothers test applied to Jehovah’s Witness case. Update 17th Mar 2021Abuse, Abuse & safeguarding, Appeals, Court of Appeal, CPR & CourtsFOILFOIL IrelandFOIL Northern IrelandFOIL ScotlandFOIL selectLondon Market FOILSponsorsTIPsTomorrow's FOILThe Court of Appeal upheld the judgment in the High Court that the Jehovah’s Witnesses could be vicariously liable for a rape committed by an elder of the church.
Energy Decommissioning: a potential route to civil liability considered Update 12th Mar 2021Environment, Environmental, Fatal accident, Injury, ScrapyardFOILFOIL selectLondon Market FOILSponsorsTIPsThe claimant/respondent was the widow of Mohammed Khalil Mollah ("the deceased") who had worked in shipyards in Chattogram in Bangladesh for about nine years. On 30 March 2018, he was working on the demolition of an oil tanker ("the vessel") when he fell to his death.
COVID19 – APIL and FOIL Best Practice for Mutual Co-Operation Update 11th Mar 2021APIL, Corona Virus, COVID-19, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOILFOIL Northern IrelandFOIL ScotlandFOIL selectTIPsA working party set up between APIL and FOIL has agreed a revised set of best practices
2021 – CV19 and the Court of Appeal Update 10th Mar 2021Corona Virus, COVID-19FOILFOIL IrelandHeld on 4th March, this event featured Simon Kearns BL, talking about the potential for claims arising from the Covid-19 pandemic
A New Dawn in Regulatory Enforcement Update 10th Mar 2021Employers laibility, Health & Safety, Legal principles, Regulatory LawFOILFOIL IrelandFOIL Northern IrelandFOIL ScotlandFOIL selectLondon Market FOILSponsorsTIPsTomorrow's FOILHosted by FOIL’s Regulatory Law SFT, this event was led by John Cooper QC of Crown Office Chambers
The Whiplash Reforms Update 10th Mar 2021CPR & Courts, Motor, Motor, Pre-action Protocol, Protocols and Portals, Small Claims Track Limits, WhiplashFOILFOIL IrelandFOIL selectSponsorsTIPsTomorrow's FOILFollowing publication of the new PAP for Personal Injury Claims below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents,
‘Whiplash’ reforms: the starting gun has been fired Update 26th Feb 2021Damages, Injury, Low Value Personal Injury, MedCo, Motor, Motor, Official Injury Claim, Personal Injury, Protocols and Portals, Reforms, RTA Portal Protocol, Trade bodies / regulatorsFOILFOIL selectSponsorsTIPsThe Government has announced that the long-awaited implementation
Dale v Banga and others (2021) EWCA Civ 240 -appealing a judgment allegedly obtained by fraud Update 25th Feb 2021Fraud, FraudFOILFOIL selectSponsorsTIPsAlthough it was a dispute relating to a number of wills, this case is of wider interest as it looked at the correct approach for an appeal court to take when fresh evidence of fraud was adduced after a trial.
Energy Decommissioning – What’s The Damage Update 25th Feb 2021Beaching vessels, Climate change, Contamination, Energy, Environment, Environmental, FOIL, London FOIL, Marine, Off Shore, Oil RigFOILFOIL selectLondon Market FOILTIPsWhat happens when an oil rig is decommissioned and what steps must the owner take to avoid criminal and civil liability?
FOIL Ireland Learning Event – A year like no other? Update 19th Feb 2021Corona Virus, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FOIL, FOIL IrelandFOILFOIL IrelandThis talk was presented on 16 February 2021 by David Boughton BL. David is a junior counsel, specialising in personal injury, clinical negligence and product liability claims.
