Tag Archives: Damages
Target Holdings Ltd -v- Redferns (A Firm) and Another; HL 21-Jul-1995
The defendant solicitors had acted for a purchaser, Crowngate, which had agreed to buy a property from a company called Mirage for £775,000. Crowngate had arranged however that the property would first be passed through a chain of two intermediate … Continue reading
Filed under Damages, Legal Professions, Trusts
Parry -v- Cleaver; HL 5-Feb-1969
The plaintiff policeman was disabled by the negligence of the defendant and received a disablement pension. Part had been contributed by himself and part by his employer.Held: The plaintiff’s appeal succeeded. Damages for personal injury were not to be reduced … Continue reading
Filed under Damages
Phonographic Performance Ltd -v- Reader; ChD 22-Mar-2005
The claimant had in the past obtained an injunction to prevent the defendant broadcasting without their licence musical works belonging to their members at his nightclub. The defendant had obtained a licence, but had not renewed it. The claimants in … Continue reading
Filed under Contempt of Court, Damages, Intellectual Property
Murphy -v- Brentwood District Council; HL 26-Jul-1990
The claimant appellant was a houseowner. He had bought the house from its builders. Those builders had employed civil engineers to design the foundations. That design was negligent. They had submitted the plans to the defendant council for approval under … Continue reading
Filed under Damages, Negligence
Corbett -v- Barking Havering and Brentwood Health Authority; CA 1991
The Claimant was a child who would have been dependant on his deceased young mother only until adulthood. When the trial took place the infant Plaintiff was 11? with a dependency until the age of 18. As the multiplier calculated … Continue reading
Filed under Damages, Personal Injury
Greenfield, Regina (on the Application of) -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department; HL 16-Feb-2005
The appellant had been charged with and disciplined for a prison offence. He was refused legal assistance at his hearing, and it was accepted that the proceedings involved the determination of a criminal charge within the meaning of article 6 … Continue reading
Filed under Damages, Human Rights, Prisons
Griffiths -v- Evans; CA 1953
The parties disputed the terms on which the solicitor had been engaged, and in particular as to the scope of the duty undertaken by and entrusted to the solicitor as regards advising the client.Held: Where there is a dispute between … Continue reading
Filed under Damages, Legal Professions, Negligence
Edwards -v- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; QBD 31-Jul-2009
The claimant, a consultant surgeon had been subject to disciplinary proceedings by his employer. They were however conducted in a manner which breached his contract. The GMC had summarily dismissed the same allegations. The claimant now appealed against an award … Continue reading
Filed under Damages, Employment
Wilson -v- Liverpool Corporation; CA 1971
The claimants owned 74 acres of an area of 391 acres in Liverpool which the Corporation wanted to acquire for residential development. The authority acquired the land by agreement and made a compulsory purchase order in respect of the remainder.Held: … Continue reading
Sinclair Roche & Temperley (A Firm) -v- Somatra Ltd; CA 23-Oct-2003
The ‘Somatra’ was lost at sea. The insurance claim had been refused on the basis that the ship was unseaworthy. The owners came to instruct the appellant solicitors to represent them in the insurance claim. Having lost confidence in the … Continue reading
Filed under Damages, Professional Negligence
