Child
Ellis (by his Grandmother and Litigation Friend, Titley) v Kelly and another [2018] EWHC 2031 (QB), [2018] All ER (D) 28 (Aug)
The claimant’s brain injury, sustained when aged eight he had been knocked down by the defendant’s car, had arisen from momentary misjudgement on his part balanced against reckless conduct on the part of the defendant, whose driving was outside the claimant’s expectation based on his understanding and experience. Accordingly, the Queen’s Bench Division, rejected the defence of contributory negligence and entered judgment for the claimant on the whole claim, with damages to be assessed on a full liability basis. The court further dismissed the CPR Pt 20 claim against the claimant’s mother.
Company
Re Zinc Hotels (Holdings) Ltd and other companies; Zinc Hotels (Investment) Ltd and another v Beveridge and others [2018] EWHC 1936 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 172 (Jul)
Where, as in the present case, administrators had been appointed under para 14 of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 by a floating charge-holder, an additional administrator could only
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