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Picture the scene with me. Whilst gathered around the water-cooler chatting about causation, as is of course the wont of personal injury lawyers, the topic of post-negligence medical treatment breaking the chain of causation comes up....
Last week, the Court gave a landmark decision in the case of FGX v Gaunt, where Mrs Justice Thornton awarded the unnamed woman general damages of £60,000 and special damages of £37,041.61 for consequential financial losses....
No5 Barristers’ Chambers are pleased to announce that the King has appointed Catherine Jones to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales...
Knowles J has allowed the appeal in Woodger v Hallas [2022] EWHC 1561, reversing the first instance decision not to dismiss a fundamentally dishonest claim under Section 57(2) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (‘the CJCA 2015’)....
As is often the case, any genuine claimant is going to have inconsistencies in account where there are various different points over a course of years that they are asked to give an account of symptoms...
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is delighted to announce that Lucy Coulson has joined the Personal Injury and Regulatory Groups. Lucy has expertise in all aspects of personal injury and regulatory matters...
No5 Barristers’ Chambers, in partnership with Harrison Clark Rickerbys’ Medical Accident Group, is launching a campaign to raise awareness and money for the charity Stroke Association....
Fixed costs in personal injury are supposed to be straight forward, avoid the need for time spent on assessment and control the level of costs payable by Defendants....
In addition to raising questions about the reactiveness of the CPRC to issues when they arise (covered by Alex Mellis here [link to his article]), Ho v Adelekun raises important issues in relation to QOCS which are further considered by Thomas Beasley in this article....
The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Ho v Adelekun, limited to the question of whether set off was allowed by a defendant with costs orders in its favour against the cost orders in the claimant’s favour...
Alex Mellis discusses the judgment in Michael v IE&D Hurford Ltd t/a Rainbow [2021] EWHC 2318 (QB) where the High Court has been asked to determine an appeal from the finding at first instance that a claimant was not dishonest, despite obvious problems with the claimant’s case....
Grace Gwynne & Alexander Mellis reflect upon recent experience and potential problems with the argument arising from the case of Mason v Laing and failures to serve a first medical report in soft tissue injury RTA Portal cases before obtaining a second report...
Alexander Mellis, Louisa Denning and Matthew Brunning consider the issue of dishonest defendants in the context of Fundamental Dishonesty in personal injury litigation....
From ‘Top Gear’ to ‘Jeremy Kyle’, TV is no stranger to the Courtroom when things go badly wrong in front of the camera. Today we learn that liability has been conceded by the BBC in Stansfield v the BBC....
In Seabrook v Adam [2021] EWCA Civ 382 the Court of Appeal considered the interpretation and effect of two Part 36 offers in the context of applying the costs consequences of CPR Pt. 36.17....
Jonathan Jones QC and Mamta Gupta, successfully settled an oncological case in April 2020 in which the Defendant NHS Trust agreed to pay a Periodical Payment Order in a Fatal Accident Act claim to a disabled dependent for the first time....
In the latest podcast from the Clinical Negligence group at No5 Barristers' Chambers, David Tyack, Charlotte Robinson-Jones, Andrew Rhodes, and Neil Shastri-Hurst discuss Bradfield-Kay v Cope [2020] EWHC 1352 (QB), a case which raises interesting points on the issue of expert evidence....
If you are unlucky enough to have a car crash after 31 May 2021 and suffer whiplash injuries, you will face a very different approach to the valuation of and means of obtaining your damages. The new tariff regulations – The Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 – will reduce general damages significantly, from the potential £4,080 for a 12-month whiplash injury under the Judicial College Guidelines to a fixed £1,320 under the tariff scheme....
No5's Lois Norris recently launched Schedule School, a free resource, hosted by juniors, guided by seniors. Schedule School aims to take practitioners through schedules of loss in bite sized chunks, one head of a loss at a time...
This webinar looks at recent interesting cases and important developments in costs matters. The aim is to help practitioners comply with the Civil Procedure Rules and achieve the best outcomes in hearings relating to costs, including applications for relief from sanctions for late costs budgets....
Join barristers Jamie Gamble, Henry Pitchers QC, Matthew Brunning and Lois Norris in the latest vlog from the personal injury and clinical negligence groups at No5 as they discuss the recent Court of Appeal decision of Swift v Carpenter and what it means for the future of accommodation claim....
No5 Barristers Richard Moat, Karl Hirst, John Coughlan and Gemma Roberts discuss the changes brought in by the latest version of the Ogden Tables and explanatory notes and give practical advice on the likely effects....
Jamie Gamble and Matthew Brunning discuss the tension in care claims in serious personal injury cases between the need for continuing risks to claimants to be minimised and their need for independence and autonomy, and how those issues (and care claims generally) are likely to be impacted by the COVID pandemic...
Stand by your schedules and counter-schedules, dig out those old Part 36 offers and get ready to apply to increase your costs budgets; the 8th edition of the Ogden Tables (“Ogden 8”) may impact on all three....
Teresa Hargreaves and Gareth Compton discuss two recent conflicting decisions as to whether a Claimant ought to be permitted covertly or overtly, to record their examinations by the Defendant's medical experts....
The article below attempts to explain the background, simplify some of the new proposals and look at how accommodation claims may look in the near future...
On 1 June 2020, the Court Funds Office varied the rate of interest for the first time since 2009, in direct response to Covid-19 and the Bank of England’s reduction to the base rate in March 2020....
We are delighted to announce that Richard Grimshaw has been appointed as a Deputy Queen’s Bench Master, sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice in London....
Mat Brunning and Lois Norris were joined by Daniel Herman to discuss and explore the main changes, and to look at how these may continue to shape the way we run our cases during, and after, lockdown....
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is committed to protecting the mental health of its barristers, pupils and staff. We have been awarded the Bar Council’s Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition and have in place a robust Wellbeing Policy to provide such support....
On the 1st April 2020 HMCTS published a note on the Civil Court Listing Priorities. This is divided into two sections: - Priority 1 work includes work that must be done and Priority 2...
We just wanted to communicate to you all what our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Groups are doing and to assure you as best as we can it is business as usual....
This note attempts to summarise the current working practice for Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales: is the court or tribunal simply closed, open for certain business or operating new remote procedures?...
Two barristers from No5 Barristers’ Chambers, the UK’s largest set of chambers, are to be appointed to Her Majesty’s Queen’s Counsel by the Lord Chancellor at a ceremony taking place at Westminster Hall on Monday 16th March....
Teresa Hargreaves, Costs lawyer from No5 Barristers’ Chambers, considers the apparent turn of the tide following the recent decision in AB v Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 1889 (QB)....
Two cricket tournaments staged by No5 Barristers’ Chambers in memory of a late member have raised a total of £3,375 for the national charity of the Bar – Advocate....
No5 Barristers’ Chambers has been officially recognised for the mutual support its barristers and staff provide to ensure their continued wellbeing....
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is sponsoring a solicitors’ training day organised by Spinal Injuries Association, a national charity that supports anyone affected by spinal cord injury....
The Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Groups at No5 Barristers’ Chambers have sponsored a major award at an annual ceremony staged by a leading national charity....
