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Case review 29 jul 2021
In this month’s Brief, we highlight several recent judgments where courts have accepted the defendants’ surveillance and expert evidence and awarded sums much lower than what has been claimed.
Article 19 jul 2021
Today, stage four of the UK Government’s roadmap has been reached, resulting in all legal restrictions and requirements to socially distance coming to an end.
Article 6 jul 2021
Since the pandemic began, we have become accustomed to the wearing of face masks in retail environments, on public transport, in hospitality venues and so on. As we move into stage four of the UK Government roadmap on 19 July 2021, wearing a face mask will become a personal responsibility rather than an obligation.
Article 6 jul 2021
Will there be a dramatic shift in attitudes towards employee sickness-related absence now that offices are beginning to reopen? Traditionally, employees in the workplace often thought it heroic to struggle through the working day. But, will this be in the case in the post-COVID world? We suspect not.
Case review 25 jun 2021
This Scottish appeal decision was the civil case that followed a defender’s previous guilty plea to careless driving. It is a rare instance of the onus of proof shifting to the defender to prove that they were not negligent.
Article 22 jun 2021
The Insurance Act 2015 came into force in August 2016, and introduced proportionate remedies which insurers can rely on in certain circumstances. An insurer can proportionately reduce the sum paid out on a claim, where an insured breached its duty of fair presentation of the risk, but its breach was neither deliberate or reckless, and the insurer would have still entered into the policy, but charged a higher premium.
News 24 mai 2021
Kennedys is growing its London team with the hire of three partners from the BLM catastrophic injury team, Antony French, Anthony Rawlins and Deirdre Burgess. They will also be joined by six associates and a litigation assistant from BLM.
Case review 13 mai 2021
In April 2021, the UK Supreme Court in the unanimous decision of Grant v International Insurance Company provided further clarity over the principles of interpreting insurance policy exclusions. The court determined that liability for accidental injuries arising out of “deliberate acts” is not excluded if those injuries were not deliberately intended on the part of the tortfeasor.
Case review 23 abr 2021
On 21 April 2021, a slaughterhouse was acquitted of liability in connection with an elbow disorder that arose in connection with carrying out stressful slaughterhouse work.
News 22 abr 2021
Kennedys has relocated its Manchester team to new premises in the city following further expansion in the team. Kennedys opened in Manchester in October 2008 with a team of 12 and in October 2016 the team moved to larger premises in The Tootal buildings.
