21st September 2022
James Marwick has secured back to back fundamental dishonesty findings for insurer clients in trials this week and last in the County Court. In AH (1) & SW (2) v AA Underwriting Limited, the two claimants had brought late notified claims for alleged whiplash injuries sustained in a low speed collision. The claims were dismissed…
28th June 2022
Darren Lewis, a member of our Personal Injury team, provides an insightful analysis of the recent High Court case of Woodger v Hallas [2022] EWHC 1561 (QB), a Substantial Injustice in S57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 dishonesty case. The Appeal was heard by Mr Justice Knowles, who heard London Organising Committee of the Olympic And Paralympic Games (LOCOG) v…
9th May 2022
St John’s Chambers would like to congratulate Sophie Howard in successfully completing her specialist third six pupillage under the supervision of Jimmy Barber. Sophie (Call 2016) joins our market-leading Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Inquest teams. Having successfully completed a common law pupillage at 5 Pump Court, Sophie then made the move to St John’s…
1st March 2022
Dr Rachel Segal of St John’s Chambers has published the 2022 edition of the Denton Resource – an invaluable time-saving research aid for practitioners dealing with applications for relief from sanctions. This latest edition (covering relevant higher authorities reported up to 31 January 2022) now includes summaries of upwards of 300 cases in which the…
18th January 2022
Three members of our Personal Injury team were all successful in the Court of Appeal in a judgment handed down on 17th January 2022 in the case of Brown v South West Lakes Trust and others [2022] EWCA Civ 18, arising from a fatal car accident in 2017. This case raised issues concerning the extent…
30th November 2021
On 29th November 2021, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary published new guidance in relation to electronic court bundles (e-bundles) for court hearings. The November 2021 guidance replaces the previous guidance published in May 2020, and is subject to any specific guidance or directions provided from courts for individual cases. It will therefore be necessary to…
17th November 2021
Personal Injury barrister, James Marwick was recently successful in securing a finding of fundamental dishonesty on appeal in the reported case of Cornish v Darnley. This case was notable because the appeal arose out of one of the first remote trials conducted in the weeks after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. James was instructed…
18th October 2021
Jimmy Barber of our Personal Injury team summarises the Court of Appeal’s decision in the case of Griffiths v TUI UK Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1442, which was handed down on 7th October 2021. This case specifically concerns the correct judicial approach to ‘uncontroverted’ expert evidence in the context of a holiday sickness claim, but dicta both from the majority…
11th October 2021
James Marwick of our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams summarises the Supreme Court’s decision in Ho v Adelekun. The case concerns whether a Defendant in a QOCS case may be entitled to set off costs orders in its favour against any costs order in favour of the Claimant. The Supreme Court held that, on…
12th August 2021
St John’s Chambers is currently recruiting. We are particularly interested in applications from established personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners who wish to join our Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Inquests teams. Our barristers are recognised for their expertise, excellent advocacy, quality of service and client interaction. We provide a friendly workplace, and the opportunity…
