Ending A Contract

A and B have formed a contract and A would like to end the contract. What can A do? There are 5 ways to discharge a contract: challenge to validity; frustration; agreement; breach; and performance Challenge to validity A can …

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Personal Injury Damages on Divorce

A recent case has highlighted the current approach to the division of personal injury damages on divorce. Mansfield v Mansfield was heard before the Court of Appeal and concerned a couple who had been married for 6 years, to include …

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Changes to the Road Traffic Accident Claims Process

In a couple of months or so a new process will be established for road traffic accident personal injury claims valued between £1000 and £10,000. The intention of this new process is to provide for early notification of claims, promote …

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Crash for cash scammer jailed

Mohammed Patel, 24, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years and banned from driving for three-and-a-half years for his part in a “crash for cash scheme”.  At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to …

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Do I have to disclose my medical records?

The short answer is yes. However, it needs only to be at the appropriate time to the appropriate people. This was the principle set out in the case of Bennett v Compass Group UK & Ireland in 2002. This held …

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Can I Claim?

“Can I claim” is a question we, as personal injury lawyers, are often asked says Jason Harris of our Personal Injury Team. The answer is always “possibly”. Each case falls to be decided on its own facts and circumstances.  Many …

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Civil Costs Review

The much awaited report on Civil Litigation costs was delivered by Lord Justice Jackson on 14 January 2010. It runs to some 584 pages. It also extensively cross references the interim report which was over 600 pages long. His task …

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Who was Ms Donoghue?

Who was Ms. Donoghue?” Jason Harris of our Personal Injury Team explains that Ms Donoghue was the Plaintiff (now Claimant) in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) which illustrates the law of negligence, laying the foundations of the fault …

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