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Article 01/25/2021
Article 01/25/2021
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) working group has published its recommendations on what further reforms could be introduced for low value injury (under £25,000) injury claims. With a focus on resolving meritorious claims more quickly and with the costs reduced, as well as preventing unmeritorious claims, the group concludes that once the pending ‘whiplash reforms’ have been implemented, there should be no further substantive reforms – not least until the detail of recent measures is clarified.
Article 01/22/2021
In June 2020, the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care (the NDG), Dame Fiona Caldicott, launched a public consultation seeking views on her intention to revise the existing seven ‘Caldicott Principles’ and issue new guidance about the role of ‘Caldicott Guardians’.
Article 01/22/2021
If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, then 2021 will be the year of the vaccine. The vaccination of millions of ‘at risk’ people against COVID-19 will finally place us firmly on the road to recovery. But this recovery will not be linear. As countries around the world go back into lockdown, we can expect many more bumps in the road.
Case review 01/21/2021
Nash v Hertfordshire County Council [30.11.20]: The underlying case concerned a claim for personal injuries and loss suffered by the claimant, who contended that swerving to avoid potholes on a rural access road in Hertfordshire, while navigating a bend, caused him to collide with a transit van.
Article 01/21/2021
Despite welcome news of several viable vaccines in production, having been approved for emergency use globally, the race to develop protections against and treatments for COVID-19 is far from over. Alongside the approved vaccines, there are more than 250 potential vaccines at various stages of development. These vaccines will require worldwide roll out in order to contain and protect against the continued spread of COVID-19.
Article 01/21/2021
Despite the “push to the eleventh hour”, the initial response to the achievement of a trade deal was one of positivity and relief. Relief that the deal would provide some certainty and avoid widespread disruption. This response although entirely understandable given the confusion of the last 4½ years of negotiations, ignores both the most positive, and most negative, aspects of the deal.
Article 01/21/2021
On 27 June 2019, the UK became the first major economy to pass laws to end its contribution to global warming by 2050. This requires the UK to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero. Climate change has become a concern that can no longer be ignored so the UK’s implementation of international climate obligations is positive.
Article 01/19/2021
The European regime generally applied in matters where the defendant was domiciled in one of the Member states of the European Union. The United Kingdom withdrew from the EU at 23:00 on 31 December 2020 which means Brussels I Recast (Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012) and Lugano Convention 2007 no longer apply.
Article 01/19/2021
Until and unless the European Commission confirms the UK’s continued participation in the Green Card Free Circulation Area (GCFCA), from 1 January 2021 all UK based motorists will need to be issued with a ‘green card’ when driving abroad in any of the 30 European Economic Area (EEA) countries, as well as in Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Switzerland.
