Tort Law in UK Law
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The Increasing Intersection of Criminal Law and Tort Law
A significant topic for at least the next decade will be the interesection of criminal law, tort law and civil law (including the law on punitive damages). The issue is growing in prominence for ma...
- In Helicopter Crash Case, State Law Tort Claims Against Lessor Preempted By Federal Statute Shieldin
- UK Supreme Court Reaffirms Law On Accessory Liability In Tort
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Dissipation of Assets May be Tort Under English Law: Marex Financial Limited v. Carlos Sevilleja Garcia [2017] EWHC918
There is a joke that freezing injunctions are dangerous to heath. They appear to be carcinogenic, as people subject to them often tell the Court they are too ill to engage with proceedings.
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Challenging Orthodoxy in Tort Litigation
A post from the TortsProf blog brings news of an apparently interesting new book on torts. The introduction starts as follows: “From Hart Publishing comes a new torts book and a discount for our re...
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Slater & Gordon Seeks to Restructure and Halt Its Slide
Slater & Gordon is a publicly traded, global plaintiff’s firm. It’s now restructuring to cope with too much expansion too quickly, and defense friendly changes to UK tort law as to car crashes, as ...... ... Its now restructuring to cope with too much expansion too quickly, and defense friendly changes to UK tort law as to car crashes, as described in a January 31 , 2016 post at City A.M. Yet another example of how the litigation industry is always in ... ...
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UKSC: Vicarious liability, akin to employment and independent contractors
Yesterday saw the UK Supreme Court hand down two significant tort law decisions. The first decision considered but rejected the vicarious liability of a bank for the acts of an independent contract......Yesterday saw the UK Supreme Court hand down two significant tort law decisions. The first decision considered but rejected the vicarious liability of a bank for the acts of an independent contractor doctor, during ... ...
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U.K. Internet Publication Rule Upheld; Internet Viewings Constitute Republication
On March 10, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights held that the British Internet publication rule does not violate the right to free expression guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Conventi...... ... guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention.The case has profound implications for those bringing privacy- or disclosure-related tort claims based on materials available on the Internet whereU.K. law applies. In Times Newspapers Ltd (Nos. 1 and 2) v. The United Kingdom, Nos ... ...
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UK Court Of Appeal Issues Landmark Decision In Privacy Case
On March 27, 2015, a United Kingdom Court Of Appeal addressed two fundamental but long-unsettled issues in UK privacy law, holding that the right to privacy is an independent tort and that the show...... ... Court Of Appeal addressed two fundamental but long-unsettled issues in UK privacy law, holding that the right to privacy is an independent tort and that the showing of harm necessary to recover damages does not require economic loss. The decision was based primarily on the UK’s 1998 Data ... ...
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Takeaways From The Moral Money Summit: Climate Litigation Trends - How Is This Space Evolving?
... ... action and no single type of claimant. The spectrum of these claims ... is so broad spanning company law, tort law, environmental law, ... human rights and constitutional law, competition law - the list ... goes on. They are brought not only by NGOs and those ... ...
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