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Case note on LZL v HYC
Facts Issue 11. Whether the Court should appoint an alternative litigation friend. Absent suitable alternatives, the only appropriate candidate was the Official Solicitor. Law Decision Comment
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Parklane Plowden expand Family Team with KC
Parklane Plowden’s Family Team are delighted to welcome Martin Kingerley KC as a door tenant. Martin was called to the Bar in 1999, and took silk in 2020. He was then appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2023. An experienced family law practitioner, Martin specialises in the law relating…
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Martin Kingerley KC
Martin Kingerley KC is a family law barrister who specialises in the law relating to children. He undertakes work in the most serious and complex public law cases relating to allegations of non-accidental injury and death, serious sexual harm, factitious/induced illness and honour-based abuse. Within the sphere of private law…
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Richard Harrington, Imogen Gray, Lucy Evanson, and James Kapadia start their second six and accept instructions
Parklane Plowden is pleased to announce that Richard Harrington, Imogen Gray, Lucy Evanson, and James Kapadia have started their second six and are available to take instructions. Richard started pupillage in October 2023 as a family pupil under the supervision of Farzana Tai and Giorgia Sessi. Richard is available to…
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REPLAY: Updates in Employment Law: What you might have missed and what’s coming up? | 27 March 2024
Parklane Plowden’s Employment Law with Lunch seminars bring you the latest law updates. Employment specialists Tim Wilkinson and Bharat Jangra explore the recent updates and new regulations upcoming in Employment Law. Click on the above video to watch the webinar recording.
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CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Case Note
Citation: [2024] 1 WLR High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division Judge: Ritchie J Background: This was a clinical negligence claim where the claimant made a single Part 36 offer comprising a lump sum and a periodical payments order (PPO), which the defendant did not accept. Following a trial on…
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Conflict and “The Tendency To Be Swayed By Human Nature Rather Than Duty”
Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW (By Her Litigation Friend The Official Solicitor) and The Public Guardian [2024] EWOP 16 Marisa Lloyd and Lucy Evanson summarise and comment on the judgment on Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW (By Her Litigation Friend The Official Solicitor) and The Public Guardian [2024] EWOP…
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Non-party costs order (“NPCO”) against credit hire company
Kindertons Limited v (1) Georgina Murtagh (2) Esure Services Limited [2024] EWHC 471 (KB) Introduction Background The claim The trial The non-party costs claim The decision below Dismissing the appeal on all grounds…
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Case note on Hadley v. Przybylo
‘A costs (Mc)cloud with a silver lining’ The case of Hadley v. Przybylo [2024] EWCA Civ 250[1] arose out of a road traffic accident in which the claimant suffered catastrophic injuries. At a cost budgeting hearing before Master McCloud, the parties were ordered to engage in ADR in respect of…
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Parklane Plowden is recruiting
The Civil Team at Parklane Plowden is seeking to recruit practitioners of seven years’ call and above. Applications can be submitted in the strictest confidence and are encouraged from those that have experience in Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and particularly in Inquests. Applications are also particularly encouraged from those wishing…