header-logo header-logo

27 October 2020
Issue: 7908 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
printer mail-detail

Law digests: 30 October 2020

Damages

Swift v Carpenter (Personal Injuries Bar Association intervening) [2020] EWCA Civ 1295, [2020] All ER (D) 66 (Oct)

In allowing the appellant’s appeal against a damages order which awarded her nothing in respect of the cost of purchasing a more expensive new home, which was necessitated by her significant injuries following a motor vehicle accident, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, found that the approach for calculating those damages set out in Roberts v Johnstone [1989] QB 878 no longer achieved fair and reasonable compensation for injured claimants. The court instead took a new approach to calculating the damages to be awarded to the appellant for the cost of purchasing her new home.


European Union

Groupe Lactalis v Premier ministre and others C-485/18, [2020] All ER (D) 78 (Oct)

Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 should be interpreted as meaning that the mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of milk or milk used as an ingredient had to be regarded as a ‘matter specifically harmonised’ by that regulation, within the meaning of

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
back-to-top-scroll