Admission of Liability in UK Law

  • Extra-Judicial Admission Or Binding Agreement?
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ......Seven months. later, the insurers wrote to JVK's solicitors advising that. their previous letter admitting liability was written under the. mistaken belief that early compliance with certain English. procedures was needed and without the benefit of a fuller. ......
  • High Court Finds Costs Of Attending Inquest Are Recoverable Where Liability Not Formally Admitted
    • Mondaq UK
    ......on a full basis". Within the same correspondence, it was. stated that the Defendant was "not in a position to. consider an admission of liability". The Claimant therefore confirmed she would "continue to. prepare for the inquest" as part of liability. investigations, and invited ......
  • Withdrawing Admissions – Material Change In Claim Value
    • Mondaq UK
    ...... a relevant factor when considering an application to withdraw an admission of liability. The Defendant's insurers appointed a loss adjuster to deal ......
  • Costs: Nil Damages Offer Is A Valid Part 36 Offer
    • Mondaq UK
    ...... In cases where the claimant is seeking an admission of liability / apology, defendants are able to ensure some costs ......
  • Casualty Notice: 'URUGUAY REEFER'
    • Mondaq UK
    ...... you will be aware, commencing limitation proceedings is not an admission of liability. We are already representing some cargo interests. If you ......
  • Playing The Blame Game: Withdrawing Admissions Of Liability
    • Mondaq UK
    ...Withdrawing an admission of liability is not undertaken lightly, but is sometimes necessary. In particular, it can be a very important tool for limiting claims spend where ......
  • Sorry Is The Hardest Word, But It May Have Become A Little Easier
    • Mondaq UK
    ...... blur the distinction between expressing regret and admitting liability. So what will actually change?. What will change?. In reality, the ... as it currently stands, an apology cannot in itself amount to an admission of liability. In Muir v Glasgow Corporation, Lord Thankerton warned that ......
  • UK ICO Imposes Maximum Fine on Facebook for Compromising User Data
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    Facebook reached a settlement with the UK Information Commissioner's Office, agreeing to pay a fine of 500,000 GBP in relation to the processing and sharing of its users' personal data with Cambrid...
    ......’s Office (“ICO”) under which it agreed to pay (without admission of liability) the £500,000 fine imposed by the ICO in 2018 in relation to ......
  • Gan V Tai Ping - The Sequel Again!
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ......"…….it is a condition precedent to liability under this policy that…. (c) No settlement and/or compromise shall be ... (c) of the CCC if there was a settlement/compromise and an admission of liability without the approval of reinsurers. By contrast, the Court of ......
  • Fact Sheet: Claims Arising From Inquests
    • Mondaq UK
    ......arising from inquest proceedings. Admissions of liability pre-inquest. It can be advisable to make an admission of liability in ......
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