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Vilma Vodanovic

26 November 2018
DANGEROUS DRIVING, JOINT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE and EX TURPI CAUSA DEFENCE: is MENS REA made out?

In the case of Kelly Wallett (on her own behalf and on behalf of the dependants of Ian Hill (Deceased)) v Vickers [2018] EWHC 3...
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Vilma Vodanovic

8 October 2018
ISSUE-BASED COSTS ORDER? Departing from the usual rule in r.44.2 CPR

In Welsh v Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust [2018] EWHC 2491 QB, Mrs Justice Yip DBE considered whether it was reasonable to depar...
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Vilma Vodanovic

27 July 2018
Disability discrimination and proportionality in possession proceedings:

Discussion of two recent cases of Eales v Havering London Borough Council unreported (decision of Sir Alistair Macduff in the Q...
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Vilma Vodanovic

26 July 2018
LATE ACCEPTANCE OF PART 36 OFFER WHERE FIXED COSTS APPLY - YOU STILL ONLY GET FIXED COSTS

In the introduction to the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Hislop v Perde; Kaur v Committee (for the time being) of Ramgarhi...
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Vilma Vodanovic

13 November 2017
What effect can exaggeration have on your damages claim: strike out or percentage reduction in damages?

The Court of Appeal considered the point in FLETCHER v KEATLEY (by his LF) [2017] EWCA Civ 1540 (a decision from 12.10.2017) a...
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Vilma Vodanovic

4 April 2017
Road Traffic Liability: stick to your own side of the road … and that means cyclists too

Summary of the decision in Elson v Stilgoe [2017] EWCA Civ 193 (30.3.2017)One cold, dull January morning (at about 8am) C and a ...
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Vilma Vodanovic

6 January 2017
Future loss of earnings (Ogden vs Smith v Manchester approach), loss of congenial employment, material contribution test

A review of the decision in Kennedy v London Ambulance Service NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 3145 (QB)(Decision of HHJ Peter Cotter QC s...
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Vilma Vodanovic

9 December 2016
A Christmas Works party gone wrong - vicarious liability or not?

A review of the High Court decision in the case of Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Limited [2016] EWHC 3104 (QB) and a useful...
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Vilma Vodanovic

12 September 2016
Accident abroad but claim commenced here against MIB - damages are to be assessed in accordance with the law of the state where accident occurred

MIB v Moreno [2016] UKSC 52Miss Moreno was injured in an RTA in Greece by an uninsured driver. Liability was admitted. Miss Mor...
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Vilma Vodanovic

20 May 2016
If you’re going to go down a steep slope, make sure you do it on your bottom!

In a decision handed down last week in English Heritage v Taylor [2016] EWCA Civ 448 the Court of Appeal upheld a first instance...
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DANGEROUS DRIVING, JOINT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE and EX TURPI CAUSA DEFENCE: is MENS REA made out?

ISSUE-BASED COSTS ORDER? Departing from the usual rule in r.44.2 CPR

Disability discrimination and proportionality in possession proceedings:

LATE ACCEPTANCE OF PART 36 OFFER WHERE FIXED COSTS APPLY - YOU STILL ONLY GET FIXED COSTS

What effect can exaggeration have on your damages claim: strike out or percentage reduction in damages?

Road Traffic Liability: stick to your own side of the road … and that means cyclists too

Future loss of earnings (Ogden vs Smith v Manchester approach), loss of congenial employment, material contribution test

A Christmas Works party gone wrong - vicarious liability or not?

Accident abroad but claim commenced here against MIB - damages are to be assessed in accordance with the law of the state where accident occurred

If you’re going to go down a steep slope, make sure you do it on your bottom!

Testimonials

Crime

CC&P;

Family

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Zenith

Current Awareness

DANGEROUS DRIVING, JOINT CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE and EX TURPI CAUSA DEFENCE: is MENS REA made out?

ISSUE-BASED COSTS ORDER? Departing from the usual rule in r.44.2 CPR

Disability discrimination and proportionality in possession proceedings:

LATE ACCEPTANCE OF PART 36 OFFER WHERE FIXED COSTS APPLY - YOU STILL ONLY GET FIXED COSTS

​What effect can exaggeration have on your damages claim: strike out or percentage reduction in damages?

Road Traffic Liability: stick to your own side of the road … and that means cyclists too

Future loss of earnings (Ogden vs Smith v Manchester approach), loss of congenial employment, material contribution test

A Christmas Works party gone wrong - vicarious liability or not?

Accident abroad but claim commenced here against MIB - damages are to be assessed in accordance with the law of the state where accident occurred

If you’re going to go down a steep slope, make sure you do it on your bottom!

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What effect can exaggeration have on your damages claim: strike out or percentage reduction in damages?