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Surveillance evidence

03 June 2016
Issue: 7701 / Categories: Legal News
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A defendant’s surveillance evidence of the claimant on a personal injury claim may be allowed where it would substantially reduce the award of damages—so long as the claimant has not been ambushed, the High Court held in Hayden v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 1121 (QB). District Judge Stephen Gold, writing in NLJ this week, surveys the case and how the judge reached the decision. 

Issue: 7701 / Categories: Legal News
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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

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DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

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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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