Summary of Recent Cases, February 2018
15/02/18. Here is a summary of the recent notable court cases over the past month. You can also receive these for free by registering for our PI Brief Update newsletter. Just select "Free Newsletter" from the menu at the top of this page and fill in your email address.
Summary of Recent Cases - Substantive Law
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games v Haydn Sinfield [2018] EWHC 51 (QB)
LOCOG appealed against a finding of a Recorder that a Claimant was not fundamentally dishonest for the purposes of section 57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. The Claimant brought a claim for personal injuries caused whilst he was volunteering at the Olympic Games. The Recorder found that the Claimant had been dishonest in fabricating invoices and exaggerating a claim for gardening services, but did not find that the dishonesty was fundamental, as it was the product of 'muddled, confused and careless' case preparation. On appeal, it was held that the Recorder had erred. He had elided the tests for fundamental dishonesty and whether this would cause substantial injustice to the Claimant. The Claimant had...
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