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Defects, Developers And Volunteers In The Era Of The Building Safety Act 2022 - The Supreme Court Decision In URS V BDW [2025] UKSC 21

On 21 May 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd. The construction industry should take note, as it is uncommon for the Supreme Court...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

Property Newsletter: September 2025

There's a real buzz in Gatehouse Chambers right now. The hazy stories of sun-drenched down-time have been shared in corridors and over coffees, and have now given way...

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

Hillsborough Law: What Public Authorities And Service Providers Need To Know

On 16 September 2025, the Government introduced the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill – widely known as the Hillsborough Law – into Parliament.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

A Costly Harvest: Case Focus On The Costs Risks To Defendants In Multi-defendant Claims

A recent decision has underscored the complexities and potential cost implications for defendants involved in multi-party cases.

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Browne Jacobson

Personal Injury And Clinical Negligence Newsletter: September 2025

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Gatehouse Chambers

Broker's Negligence Claims Relating To Liability Policies Do Not Require Actual Liability (Norman Hay Marsh Ltd)

United Kingdom Insurance

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Gatehouse Chambers

Data Breach In Nottingham Maternity Investigation: Police Worker Suspended After Files Deleted

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

Liability For Alleged Property Undervaluation

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

GP Negligence Claims: What You Need To Know (20 August 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Injured On A Package Holiday? Know Your Legal Rights (19 August 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Valuation Negligence (Bratt v Jones)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Cover Me! I'm Going In(demnity)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Electronic Patient Record And Clinical Negligence Claims

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

MJF V University Hospitals Birmingham [2024] – The "Holmesian Fallacy" And The Limits Of A Put To Proof Defence

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

UK Immigration Salary List 2025

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Fentanyl Tariffs

Worldwide International

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FinReg Monthly Update

United Kingdom Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

How Is AI Transforming International Construction Projects And What Legal Disputes Could Follow?

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gowling WLG

UK Space Agency Announces New Unlocking Space For Business Projects

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

Pre-Existing Conditions In Psychiatric Personal Injury Claims

My previous blog provided an overview of the various personal injury claims for psychiatric injuries.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

URS v BDW – Limitation, Pirelli, And The Reach Of Section 135 BSA 2022

This Article is part of a series, each focussing on a different aspect of the Supreme Court's judgment in URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21. A couple of weeks ago, Catherine Piercy KC and Emma Hynes...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Hobson v Hammond And Another [2025] – When Is An Omission To Investigate Symptoms Illogical?

In the majority of clinical negligence cases, liability is determined purely on the basis of the Bolam test (Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582).

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

The Parent Trap: When UK Companies Face Liability For Overseas Harm

In recent years, English courts have clarified that UK-based companies can, in certain circumstances, be held liable for wrongdoing by their overseas subsidiaries or business partners.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herrington Carmichael

Bratt v Jones [2025]

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Can You Sue Police If They Lose Evidence When Investigating Your Criminal Allegation? (6 June 2025)

United Kingdom Criminal

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Tort, Contribution And Defective Premises Act 1972: Supreme Court Provides Clarity On Liabilities For Historic Building Defects

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gowling WLG

National Rollout Of The ABC Programme: What It Means For Families And Patients' Rights (30 May 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Few Surprises But Welcome Finality From The Supreme Court In URS V BDW – Subject To Some Limited Exceptions

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Supreme Court Publishes Decision On URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

Anna Christie v Mary Ward Legal Centre & Anor [2025]

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Adding Parties After The Expiry Of Limitation: Office Properties PL Limited (In Liquidation) v Adcamp LLP

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Supporting Life-Changing Work: Hats For Headway And Spinal Injury Association Awareness Day

United Kingdom Litigation

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Higgs LLP

High Stakes And Tight Deadlines: Why Timing In Legal Claims Is Never Simple (13 May 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Anna Christie v Mary Ward Legal Centre & Anor [2025]

HHJ Tindal (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) dismissed a claim by a leaseholder based upon allegedly negligent advice given to her in connection with forfeiture proceedings in 2012–13.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Adding Parties After The Expiry Of Limitation: Office Properties PL Limited (In Liquidation) v Adcamp LLP

It was always assumed that the Courts would not allow limitation to be circumvented by permitting claimants to add or substitute new parties after the expiry of primary limitation save in very narrowly circumscribed cases: being misdescription or standing issues.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Supporting Life-Changing Work: Hats For Headway And Spinal Injury Association Awareness Day

Friday 16 May marks two important awareness initiatives that are changing lives across the UK and that Higgs is proudly supporting.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Higgs LLP

High Stakes And Tight Deadlines: Why Timing In Legal Claims Is Never Simple (13 May 2025)

The recent High Court decision in Mitchell v Leigh Day serves as a timely reminder of the legal and practical complexities...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

The Need For Suitably Thorough Clinical Reviews To Be Followed By Appropriate Action

United Kingdom Litigation

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Bindmans LLP

When "Without Prejudice" Correspondence Attacks! (Morris v Williams)

The recent judgment in Morris v Williams [2025] EWHC 218 (KB) is a solemn reminder that marking a letter "without prejudice – save as to costs" will not always result in the contents being inadmissible.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Nottinghamshire Maternity Review: 300 More Cases And Additional Police Investigation

The Nottingham maternity investigation has widened following a file loss at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which included information on infant fatalities.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

Court Holds Consultant's Negligent Ground Condition Report Did Not Cause Property Developer's Loss

In Darcliffe Homes Ltd v Glanville Consultants and another, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) held that there was an insufficient link between negligent advice in a consultant's ground...

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Our Take On Preventable Baby Deaths At Leeds Hospitals

Maternity services across the UK have been under scrutiny for a number of years and at Rothera Bray we speak with many families who have suffered poor and potentially negligent care from Trusts around the country.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

Martha's Rule, The Right To A Second Medical Opinion, Is Transforming Patient Care

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Bindmans LLP

Understanding Cerebral Palsy And Paths To Justice For Families Affected By Medical Negligence (23 January 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Sepsis: Failings In Care Of Market Harborough Teen Could Lead To Criminal Prosecution

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

New Personal Injury Discount Rate Comes Into Effect

United Kingdom Litigation

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Bindmans LLP

Civil Liability For Animals

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Emergency Caesarean Sections, Birth Injuries And The Urgent Need To Improve UK Maternity Care

United Kingdom Litigation

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Bindmans LLP

Private Care Providers Do Not Carry Out Public Functions

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mortlake Law & Mediation

Fact Finding In Commercial Dispute Resolution: Do Our Memories Serve Us Well?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

Clinical Negligence – Delayed Diagnosis Claims

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls In Professional Negligence Claims

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Long-Term Effects Of Clinical Negligence: How Injured People And Families Cope (20 November 2024)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Errors By A Surgeon Cause A Rare Spinal Injury

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Property Newsletter: October 2024

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

Four Figure Settlement Obtained Following Negligent Cataract Surgery

United Kingdom Litigation

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Ashtons Legal

Settlement Obtained Following Delayed Diagnosis Of Testicular Torsion

United Kingdom Litigation

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Ashtons Legal

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Wasted Costs: Procedure And Substance. When, Why And How Will The Court Make An Order Against A Legal Representative (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

Webinar Recording: Assessment Of Damages In Professional Negligence Claims (Video)

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1 Chancery Lane

Professional Liability Online Seminar Series – Construction Professionals' Negligence (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

Defensive Advising Strategies For Legal Professionals (Video)

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Wilberforce Chambers

AI And Tort Negligence (Video)

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Kemp IT Law

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