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England and Wales PI/clinical negligence: key rulings on RTA liability/fraud, fatal dependency, Student Loans Company not an emanation, birth injury breach, £10m+ costs budgeting, s70 Solicitors Act

Published on: 20 June 2024

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Table of contents
  • Road traffic accidents
  • Preliminary issues decided in road traffic accident claim
  • High Court finds defendant in contempt of court in staged road traffic accident
  • Employers’ liability
  • Fall at work causes fatal infection
  • High Court decides on whether a body was an emanation of the state to make EU Directive applicable
  • Clinical negligence
  • Negligent nursing staff found liable for birth injury
  • Costs
  • Costs budgetng allowed in PI claim worth more than £10m
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  • Road traffic accidents
  • Employers’ liability
  • Clinical negligence
  • Costs
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Road traffic accidents

Preliminary issues decided in road traffic accident claim

The King's Bench Division determined preliminary questions in Yordanov v Vasilev [2024] EWHC 1496 (KB), stemming from a fatal road traffic collision involving four vehicles and seven individuals. The crash occurred when a Volkswagen Eos (the VW), driven by the deceased, sought to pass an Alfa, which was being driven by another individual (VA)...

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