My previous blog post on the decision of C v D – see – http://www.interalialegal.com/2011/01/when-is-an-expressed-reference-to-a-part-36-offer-not-a-valid-part-36-offer/ has now been overturned on appeal.  The essence of the Court of Appeal’s decision [2011] EWCA Civ 646, is below. On 27 May 2011, the Court of Appeal heard the defendant’s appeal (Rix, Rimer and Stanley Burnton LJJ).  The three [...]

My previous post on Uren v Corporate Leisure (UK) and ors [2010] EWHC 46 (QB) is below http://www.interalialegal.com/2010/02/an-update-on-the-law-of-negligence/ Mr Uren has now appealed to the Court of Appeal against the decision of Field J – see Robert Lee Uren v (1) Corporate Leisure (UK) Ltd and (2) Ministry of Defence [2011] EWCA Civ 66.  The appellant [...]

The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Esdale v Dover District Council [2010] EWCA Civ 409 highlights the significance of a local authority’s policy when considering a claim under s.2(2) of the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. In short, the claimant was injured when she tripped and fell on a pathway that led up to a block [...]

In Kernot v Jones [2010] EWCA Civ 578, the Court of Appeal held that Leonard Kernott was entitled to a 50% share of the home he lived in for eight years with his former girlfriend, Patricia Jones, despite the fact that he had neither paid for nor lived in it since 1993.  It was Patricia [...]