Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

In one case, Mr Wittmer bought polished tiles from Weber which turned out to be defective once laid.

Manufacturers and distributors of goods in, and into, the United Kingdom and other EU member states will be familiar with the framework governing liability in the event that those goods cause damage or injury to consumers.

This article begins a journey, one that begins to look at the concept of innovation in the field of providing legal services. The field that I explore is that in which the liability lawyer is camped. The article poses some questions for debate. I offer no single answer but hope, reader that you will be patient and understand why that is the case.

Lord Tyre recently rejected two Court of Session appeals, one brought by William Walton, Chairman of the campaign group Road Sense and another by John and Maggie Fraser, so paving the way for the £400m Aberdeen Bypass Project to proceed.

On 27 May 2011, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgement in the case of R on the application of Sharon Shoesmith v OFSTED and others, upholding Ms Shoesmith’s appeal against the decision of the High Court in respect of the actions of the Secretary of State for Education and Haringey LBC, but dismissing it against OFSTED.

The decision of the ECtHR is now final – The UK Government has 6 months to address the blanket ban on prisoners’ votes.

Earlier this week, Apple's CEO Tim Cook and Samsung's CEO Choi Gee–Sung met in San Francisco to explore ways to settle their differences.

As we have previously reported, the proposal for a unified patent litigation system for the EU in its current form has met with concern from judges, practitioners and industry alike.

Although Specsavers had been broadly successful at first instance, the Court of Appeal has partially overturned a decision of the High Court, finding that additional aspects of a marketing campaign by Asda, targeted at customers of Specsavers, infringed Specsavers’ word and logo marks.

In one case, Mr Wittmer bought polished tiles from Weber which turned out to be defective once laid.

Yesterday the English and Scottish Law Commissions published their joint report and draft Bill to reform the law on what a consumer must tell an insurer before taking out or varying their insurance policy.

The Unfair Terms Directive (93/13/EEC), which is implemented into UK law by the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2083), harmonises the rules protecting consumers from unfair terms in consumer contracts.