Negligence in UK Law
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Gross negligence
It is rare for an employer to rely on an employee's negligence as a sufficient reason to dismiss. This is particularly the case where there has been a one-off error. Also, it is likely that a more ...
- Employer Negligence
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Can Gross Negligence Constitute Gross Misconduct?
The Court of Appeal (CA) in Adesokan v Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 22 considered whether an employee’s failure to act constituted gross misconduct. Mr Adesokan, a long-serving...
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Corporate Trustees: how gross must negligence be?
Surprisingly, the distinction between negligence and gross negligence in English contract and trust law is unclear. On one view, reflected in the older cases, there is little or no difference at all.
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Negligence liability: parent and subsidiary companies
The High Court has considered the circumstances in which a parent company may be liable to third parties in negligence for the acts or omissions of its subsidiary.
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Increasing Litigation Funding for Professional Negligence Claims
Litigation funding of professional negligence claims is covered in a July 30, 2013 Global Legal Post article by Nick Rowles-Davies of Vannin Capital in the UK. And, of course, Lisa Rickard complai...
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Costs awarded against professional negligence claimant pre-service of proceedings
In Webb Resolutions Limited v Countrywide Surveyors Limited (2016) WL 02641889 Chancery Division Deputy Master Nurse held a claimant liable for a defendant's costs of and incidental to an abandoned...
- Establishing Negligence In Clinical Negligence Cases
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Professional negligence claim arising from MMR vaccine > epilepsy allegation (UK).
Coote v Ullstein [2022] EWHC 607 (QB) (on BAILII). An article by Neil Rose in Legal Futures draws attention to this matter, in which the potential negligence of counsel and solicitors in respect of...
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The High Court of Justice hands down judgment on professional negligence in tax avoidance schemes
The High Court of Justice (in the case of Halsall and others v. Champion Consulting Ltd and others [2017] EWHC) has handed down judgment in a professional negligence claim arising out of failed tax...
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