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Jinking horses, Animals Act claims and dishonest exaggeration - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Jinking horses, Animals Act claims and dishonest exaggeration - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

17/03/25. Hazel Boyd v Debbie Hughes [2025] EWHC 435 (KB)

Date of judgment:> 28 February 2025

Liability, quantum and fundamental dishonesty...

Woodcock v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police; HD, PD, CJ, PJ and OB v Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police [2025] EWCA Civ 13 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Woodcock v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police; HD, PD, CJ, PJ and OB v Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police [2025] EWCA Civ 13 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

26/02/25. This judgment involved two separate appeals concerning police liability for failing to prevent harm caused by third parties. The a...

FREE CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Material Contribution in Clinical Negligence' by Rhodri Jones

FREE CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Material Contribution in Clinical Negligence' by Rhodri Jones

The current state of the law regarding material contribution in clinical negligence appears complicated and uncertain. This book charts the...

FREE CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Dental Negligence Litigation' by Louisa Sherlock

FREE CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Dental Negligence Litigation' by Louisa Sherlock

This Practical Guide to Dental Negligence Litigation provides helpful information for lawyers who are running dental negligence cases, be t...

David Richardson & Ors v Slater & Gordon UK Limited [2025] EWHC 1220 (SCCO) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

David Richardson & Ors v Slater & Gordon UK Limited [2025] EWHC 1220 (SCCO) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

13/06/25. Date of judgment: 19 May 2025.

This judgment concerned a group of 224 claims against solicitors, the Defendant, from which ten test claimants were identified. Senior Cos...

JD Wetherspoon Plc v Burger & Risk Solutions BG Ltd [2025] EWHC 1259 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

JD Wetherspoon Plc v Burger & Risk Solutions BG Ltd [2025] EWHC 1259 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

11/06/25. The Claimant sustained a serious hip injury after being forcefully restrained by two door supervisors outside a JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub in August 2018. The supervisors...

Costs budgeting can be retrospective: BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited [2025] EWHC 1063 (TCC) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Costs budgeting can be retrospective: BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited [2025] EWHC 1063 (TCC) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

21/05/25. Date of judgment: 2 May 2025

Andrew Mitchell KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court was required to decide whether the court had the power to make a costs manage...

Doroudvash v Zurich Insurance Plc [2025] EWCC 10 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Doroudvash v Zurich Insurance Plc [2025] EWCC 10 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

19/05/25. In Doroudvash, the Court determined a claimant’s application to join an additional defendant into an action after the expiry of the primary limitation period.

Background...

The 'Relevant Period' in a Part 36 offers means what you think it does - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

The 'Relevant Period' in a Part 36 offers means what you think it does - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

18/04/25. Henderson and Jones Limited v Salica Investments Limited and Others [2025] EWHC 838 (Comm)

Date of judgment: 4 April 2025

This case is an illuminating decision on the con...

Wagatha Costie - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Wagatha Costie - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

16/04/25. The judgment in Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney [2025] EWHC 851 (KB) arose from an appeal concerning the costs associated with the highly publicised defamation proceedings b...

Child Sexual Abuse Litigation Reforms - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Child Sexual Abuse Litigation Reforms - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

18/03/25. The UK Government has announced its intention to implement a number of key recommendations from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). There is no draft...

Birley v Heritage Independent Living Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 44 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Birley v Heritage Independent Living Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 44 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

25/02/25. This appeal concerns costs and the interaction between qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) in personal injury claims and cost recovery rules in information law clai...

Aviva Insurance Limited v Atiquillar Nadeem and Masoud Sidiqi [2024] EWHC 3445 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Aviva Insurance Limited v Atiquillar Nadeem and Masoud Sidiqi [2024] EWHC 3445 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

21/02/25. Date of judgment: 16 October 2024 (but recently published).

The judgment from HHJ Tindal sitting as a judge of the High Court in these recent contempt proceedings traver...

Majid Ali v HSF Logistics Polska SP Zoo [2024] EWCA Civ 1479 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Majid Ali v HSF Logistics Polska SP Zoo [2024] EWCA Civ 1479 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

24/01/25. Date of judgment: 4 December 2024.

Whilst Ali v HSF is a case arising in credit hire litigation, the Court of Appeal’s recent decision is of broader significance to injury...

CXC (a protected party by her litigation friend BXB) v (1) David Clarke, (2) EUI Limited [2024] EWHC 3138 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

CXC (a protected party by her litigation friend BXB) v (1) David Clarke, (2) EUI Limited [2024] EWHC 3138 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

22/01/25. CXC considers the use of intermediaries to assist vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in personal injury proceedings.

Background

On 16 September 2007, the Claimant (who...

FXS v The Mulberry Bush Organisation Ltd [2024] EWHC 2844 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

FXS v The Mulberry Bush Organisation Ltd [2024] EWHC 2844 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

18/12/24. Date of judgment: 8 November 2024

FXS considered issues of costs where a claimant had not succeeded in establishing negligence at trial but was successful on other issues...

Elysa Alton v Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen [2024] EWCA Civ 1435 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Elysa Alton v Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen [2024] EWCA Civ 1435 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

17/12/24. Date of judgment: 6 November 2024

Alton is an important decision for practitioners bringing and responding to claims arising from road traffic accidents where issues of i...

Oakwood Solicitors Ltd v Menzies [2024] UKSC 34 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Oakwood Solicitors Ltd v Menzies [2024] UKSC 34 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

22/11/24. Date of judgment: 23 October 2024

This significant costs judgment concerned when a client can apply to have their solicitor’s bill of costs assessed under section 70 of ...

BJB, In the Matter of [2024] EWCOP 59 (T2) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

BJB, In the Matter of [2024] EWCOP 59 (T2) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

19/11/24. Date of judgment: 24 October 2024

In BJB, In the Matter of [2024] EWCOP 59 (T2) the Court of Protection considered a seriously injured party’s application to be released f...

Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports & Anor (Re Wasted Costs Order) [2024] EWHC 2415 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports & Anor (Re Wasted Costs Order) [2024] EWHC 2415 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

16/10/24. What are the duties of claimants’ lawyers once a defendant serves evidence of fundamental dishonesty? By continuing to act on a CFA to trial, do those lawyers expose th...

Difficult claimant evidence and partisan experts: Steven Wilson v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWHC 2389 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Difficult claimant evidence and partisan experts: Steven Wilson v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWHC 2389 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

14/10/24. Date of judgment : 20 September 2024.

On 2 July 2018 Mr Wilson suffered life-threatening and life-changing injuries after being repeatedly and viciously stabbed by a fello...

MoJ Quarterly Civil Justice Statics Published - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

MoJ Quarterly Civil Justice Statics Published - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

18/09/24. The Ministry of Justice (‘MoJ’) has published its latest quarterly civil justice statics for April – June 2024.

These include a number of interesting points for persona...

Novel points about group representative actions - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Novel points about group representative actions - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

13/09/24. Case:  Claire Smyth v British Airways plc and Easyjet Airline Company Limited [2024] EWHC 2173 (KB)

Date of judgment: 2 September 2024

Smyth v British Airways is a nota...

Is a formal application to amend a costs budget always necessary and wise? Masudur Rahman v Dewan Hassan and Others [2024] EWHC 2038 (Ch) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Is a formal application to amend a costs budget always necessary and wise? Masudur Rahman v Dewan Hassan and Others [2024] EWHC 2038 (Ch) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

22/08/24. Date of judgment: 1 August 2024

HHJ Paul Matthews sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge considered a number of consequential matters following a three week trial where th...

Mark Edwards & Ors v 2 Sisters Food Group Limited [2025] EWHC 1312 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Mark Edwards & Ors v 2 Sisters Food Group Limited [2025] EWHC 1312 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

12/06/25. The case concerns an appeal by four former employees of 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, who alleged that they contracted Covid-19 due to workplace safety failures in June 202...

R (Ayinde) v London Borough of Haringey and Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank QPSC and Another [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

R (Ayinde) v London Borough of Haringey and Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank QPSC and Another [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

10/06/25. Date of judgment: 6 June 2025

The Divisional Court’s judgment in these joined contempt cases following a Hamid hearing heard on 23 May 2025 has received wide-spread attent...

Glaister & Anor, R (on the application of) v Assistant Coroner for North Wales [2025] EWHC 1018 (Admin) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Glaister & Anor, R (on the application of) v Assistant Coroner for North Wales [2025] EWHC 1018 (Admin) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

20/05/25. In Glaister, the Court had sent out a draft judgment in a judicial review case relating to a coroner’s decision. Specifically, this was circulated in the form of a ‘con...

Claimant fruit picker’s employer found negligent but not the third party driver who drove into collision with him - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Claimant fruit picker’s employer found negligent but not the third party driver who drove into collision with him - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

16/05/25. Radoslav Pashamov v (1) Leon Taylor and (2) Edward Vinson Limited [2025] EWHC 1035 (KB)

Date of judgment: 30 April 2025

Simon Tinkler sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge ...

Nigel Mather & Ors v Lakbir Basran & Ors [2025] EWHC 438 (Ch) HHJ - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Nigel Mather & Ors v Lakbir Basran & Ors [2025] EWHC 438 (Ch) HHJ - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

17/04/25. In Mather v Basran , the High Court addressed several issues surrounding an adjournment request made by the Defendant, Mr Rattan, on medical grounds during a trial involv...

Multi Track allocation remains decisive to the disapplication of the Fixed Costs rules - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Multi Track allocation remains decisive to the disapplication of the Fixed Costs rules - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

15/04/25 . Laura Attersley v UK Insurance Limited [2025] EWHC 884 (KB) 

Date of judgment: 11 April 2025

This claim arose from unremarkable circumstances: a claim for personal ...

Morris v Williams [2025] EWHC 218 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Morris v Williams [2025] EWHC 218 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

19/03/25. In Morris v Williams [2025] EWHC 218 (KB) , District Judge Dodsworth considered whether a letter from the Claimant’s former solicitor, which contained proposals to settle ...

Omanovic v Shamaazi Ltd & Ismael Abdela Mohammed [2025] EWHC 110 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Omanovic v Shamaazi Ltd & Ismael Abdela Mohammed [2025] EWHC 110 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

24/02/25. Date of judgment: 21 January 2025

Introduction

An important point of civil procedure recently arose in this claim for breach of contract and tortious conspiracy which can...

Smith -v- AXA Insurance UK PlC & Spectra Drive Limited (24th December 2024) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Smith -v- AXA Insurance UK PlC & Spectra Drive Limited (24th December 2024) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

23/01/25. Smith is the latest decision in the long-running trench warfare between credit hire companies and defendant insurers on the issue of non-party costs orders (NCPOs). Des...

Majid Saadati v Seye Dastghaib and Andreas Rudolf Bihrer [2024] EWHC 3336 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Majid Saadati v Seye Dastghaib and Andreas Rudolf Bihrer [2024] EWHC 3336 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

21/01/25. Date of judgment: 20 December 2024.

Practitioners making hasty applications for default judgment ought to keep in mind the law of unexpected consequences. Applications f...

Christine Bangs v FM Conway Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 1461 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Christine Bangs v FM Conway Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 1461 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

16/12/24. Date of judgment: 6 November 2024

This appeal was unusual because it is a rare example of the Court of Appeal intervening to reverse a decision to set aside the strike o...

PMC v Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

PMC v Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

13/12/24. Date of judgment: 6 November 2024

In PMC , the High Court provided instructive guidance on reporting restrictions in the clinical negligence context.

Background

The Claimant...

Senay & Anor v Mulsanne Insurance Company Ltd [2024] EWCC 12 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Senay & Anor v Mulsanne Insurance Company Ltd [2024] EWCC 12 - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

21/11/24. Date of judgment: 24 May 2024

How does a finding of fundamental dishonesty in respect of a claimant’s personal injury claim impact their right to recover damage for prop...

Tindall and another v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Tindall and another v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33 - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

18/11/24. Date of judgment: 23 October 2024

The Supreme Court has handed down an important decision on the duty of care in negligence. Tindall revisits the vexed question in English...

Andrew Reynolds v Chief Constable of Kent Police [2024] EWHC 2487 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Andrew Reynolds v Chief Constable of Kent Police [2024] EWHC 2487 (KB) - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

17/10/24. Date of judgment: 2 October 2024.

Mr Reynolds was found by HHJ Brown sitting with a jury at Canterbury County Court to have been falsely imprisoned by Kent Police for a ...

Special measures in the civil courts: IMX v Bicknell [2024] EWHC 2183 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Special measures in the civil courts: IMX v Bicknell [2024] EWHC 2183 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

15/10/24. Whilst it is not unusual for special measures to be imposed in criminal and family law trials involving vulnerable parties, they are a less common feature in the civil ...

Managing the costs of costs management brought into sharp focus - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

Managing the costs of costs management brought into sharp focus - Andrew Ratomski, Temple Garden Chambers

20/09/24. Case: Peter Jenkins v Thurrock Council [2024] EWHC 2248 (KB)

Date of judgment: 9 September 2024

Managing the costs of costs management is brought into sharp focus by the re...

New Clinical Negligence Agreement Launched - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

New Clinical Negligence Agreement Launched - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

16/09/24. The updated ‘Clinical Negligence Claims Agreement 2024’ has been launched, replacing the ‘Covid-19 Clinical Negligence Protocol’ established in 2020. This updated agree...

Expert witnesses and apparent bias: Biggadike v El Farra & Anor [2024] EWHC 1688 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Expert witnesses and apparent bias: Biggadike v El Farra & Anor [2024] EWHC 1688 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

21/08/24 . This case provides an interesting commentary on the issue of expert witnesses and apparent bias.

Facts

Biggadike was a clinical negligence action against two defendants o...

Defendant's own YouTube posts provided evidence of contempt: Wye Valley NHS Trust v Murphy [2024] EWHC 1912 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

Defendant's own YouTube posts provided evidence of contempt: Wye Valley NHS Trust v Murphy [2024] EWHC 1912 (KB) - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

20/08/24. This case, an application for committal for contempt of court, is noteworthy for the extent of evidence which came from the Defendant himself in the form of social medi...