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Law digests: 30 October 2020

27 October 2020
Issue: 7908 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Damages

Swift v Carpenter (Personal Injuries Bar Association intervening) [2020] EWCA Civ 1295, [2020] All ER (D) 66 (Oct)

In allowing the appellant’s appeal against a damages order which awarded her nothing in respect of the cost of purchasing a more expensive new home, which was necessitated by her significant injuries following a motor vehicle accident, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, found that the approach for calculating those damages set out in Roberts v Johnstone [1989] QB 878 no longer achieved fair and reasonable compensation for injured claimants. The court instead took a new approach to calculating the damages to be awarded to the appellant for the cost of purchasing her new home.


European Union

Groupe Lactalis v Premier ministre and others C-485/18, [2020] All ER (D) 78 (Oct)

Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 should be interpreted as meaning that the mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of milk or milk used as an ingredient had to be regarded as a ‘matter specifically

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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