United Kingdom: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

The Supreme Court has overturned previous caselaw and confirmed that part-time workers can bring claims that they have been treated less favourably (than a comparable full-time worker) where their part-time status...

The Court of Appeal has delivered a significant judgment on the Hague-Visby Rules time bar, addressing whether arrest proceedings for security constitute "suit" under Article III rule 6, and establishing new requirements for identifying deck cargo in bills of lading. The case arose from a cargo of timber logs carried from New Zealand to India, where some logs were loaded on deck and others below, leading to questions about whether the deck cargo statement was sufficiently specific to exclude those logs from

A family secured £235,000 after their loved one died from sepsis and pneumonia when an ambulance crew failed to identify life-threatening infection signs despite clear red flags. The case highlights critical failures in recognizing sepsis symptoms in a vulnerable patient with a kidney transplant, raising important questions about emergency medical assessment protocols and the devastating consequences of missed opportunities for intervention.