Tort in UK Law

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A third tort decision of the UK Supreme Court this week was that of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] UKSC 14, available on BAILII. The claim arose from the negligent reporting of cervical...

From the description of the conference: This unique conference will assemble a group of preeminent legal scholars and social scientists to examine the cultural roots of tort law’s central concepts,...

In a case concerned with an environmental protest, the UK Supreme Court has provided clarity on the test for joint liability[1] in IP infringement (and indeed in all tort cases). In Sea Shepherd UK...

The Supreme Court has considered the meaning of the word “damage” in the tort jurisdiction gateway contained in the Civil Procedure Rules, which permits service of English proceedings in tort on a ...

The recent Court of Appeal decision in the long line of Ablyazov cases (Khrapunov v JSC BTA Bank1) has given contempt of court extra steel – being in contempt can constitute "unlawful means" in a t...

On January 16, 2014, the English High Court of Justice issued reasons in Vidal-Hall v. Google Inc. relating to an appeal of a Master’s decision to allow Google to be served outside of the jurisdict...

Who can be sued? A civil claim for bribery can usually be made against the bribe-payer and the bribe-recipient. When does it apply? The tort of bribery is founded on the legal relationship ...

On 4 July 2018, the Court of Appeal in the UK handed down its judgment in AAA and Others v Unilever PLC and Another [2018] EWCA Civ 1532, in which the claimants sued Unilever PLC (Unilever) in tort...