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Article 12/12/2022
A roundup of recent court decisions raising issues relating to limitation defences in Scotland, the role of experts, the application of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978, and contracting out of fixed costs.
Case review 29/11/2022
A judgment of the Court of Session has considered changes to limitation introduced by the Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017. In this case, the defender failed on appeal to sustain defences in terms of section 17D of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973.
Article 23/11/2022
The Adult Survivors Act[1] (“ASA”), a law recently signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, will go into effect on November 24, 2022 and provide a one-year window for individuals who were 18 or older at the time of the offense to file suit for previously time-barred sexual offense claims, regardless of when the alleged act occurred. The ASA will impact any entity that regularly interacts with adults in any capacity; thus, a significant influx of claims and lawsuits is anticipated.
Article 31/08/2022
On 17 March 2022, the UK Government delivered to parliament a 'world-leading' Online Safety Bill aimed to make the UK the safest place to go online while defending free expression. Here, and in light of Ofcom’s Call for Evidence about its plans for implementation of online safety regulation, we focus on the scope of the Bill’s provisions and the likely impact on organisations.
Article 15/06/2022
A roundup of recent court decisions including provisional damages and mitigation of loss for a dementia patient, issuing claims in the correct court, a common sense approach taken in a Scottish injury case, and participant v participant incidents in competitive sport.
Article 13/05/2022
Following the recommendation of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, a new sub-category of psychiatric injury has been included within the sixteenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines. In this article, we explore this new section of the Guidelines and consider whether the courts in Scotland are likely to adopt these new figures in a manner which may bring awards for damages closer to those in England and Wales.
Article 22/02/2022
With the #MeToo movement sparking a global discussion on sexual harassment and gender inequality, a key question became whether Australia’s legal and regulatory systems were fit for purpose, particularly in preventing and responding to workplace sexual harassment.
Case review 28/01/2022
Following a number of first instance decisions last year which focused predominantly on assumption of responsibility, this case now provides some welcomed clarity around other possible exceptions when dealing with duty of care issues.
Case review 28/01/2022
This case provides detailed judicial consideration of the possible resulting claims under the Human Rights Act 1998. Whilst briefly considered in the case of DFX and others v Coventry City Council [2021], when Lambert J found that the claimant’s inability to prove a breach of duty in negligence caused the claim under the HRA to likewise fail, she did not consider the issues any further.
Case review 17/09/2021
Issues of limitation and vicarious liability in relation to sexual abuse claims have been re-examined by the Court of Appeal in Blackpool Football Club Limited v DSN.
