Campbell v Mylchreest

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1999
Year1999
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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21 cases
  • AC (a minor suing by his litigation friend MC) v St. Georges Healthcare NHS Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 15 December 2015
    ...in the claimant's way of life which might have the effect of inhibiting the trial judge's freedom of decision, a danger described in Campbell v Mylchreest as creating "an unlevel playing field" (at [4], [39]). (7) Accordingly the first stage is to make the assessment in relation to heads of......
  • James Sedge (by His Mother and Litigation Friend Yolanda Skinner) v Christopher Prime
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 25 April 2012
    ...where the making of an award may unfairly prejudice one or other party by removing what has been called "the level playing field" : Campbell v Mylchreest CA 23 rd January 1998. In addition, the court has to take into account contributory negligence. 27 The function of damages in personal in......
  • Cobham Hire Services Ltd v Eeles
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 March 2009
    ...of inhibiting the trial judge's freedom of decision; it was said that such an order might create 'an unlevel playing field': see Campbell v Mylchreest [1999] PIQR 5 With the rise in the value of claims for severe injuries, it has become quite common for very substantial interim payments to......
  • Brewis v Heatherwood &Wrexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
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