Durham Tees Valley Airport Ltd v BMIBaby Ltd and another [2010] EWCA Civ 485 is authority for the proposition that in circumstances where the parties had entered into an agreement in which they had not specified to what extent their obligations should be performed, on the question of damages for breach of those obligations, the [...]

In Milner & Milner v Carnival Plc (trading as Cunard) [2010] EWCA Civ 389, the Court of Appeal addressed the correct measure of damages for a ruined holiday.  The facts in brief were that Mr and Mrs Milner booked their fare for a three-month world cruise on board the Queen Victoria almost eighteen months in advance [...]

In Stanton v Collinson [2010] EWCA Civ 81 an attempt was made by the defendants to increase the claimant’s contributory negligence above the 25% threshold set out in the guidelines by Lord Denning in Froom v Butcher [1975] 3 All ER 520. The facts in brief were that the claimant was returning in his friend’s [...]

I saw this article in ‘The Mail’ yesterday.  This matter needs full investigation. A black magistrate who was victimised after highlighting alleged racist treatment of black defendants is set for a payout of up to £75,000. Iris Josiah, 50, said that there was a ‘culture of unfair practices against black defendants’. She alleged her fellow [...]