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• SMIB - Oct 2009

  1 October, 2009

  Welcome
  This month we bring you a series of cases on the limits of the duty of care. Should a school be liable for classroom behaviour? Or an employer for light exposure to asbestos? Or an occupier for an obvious danger on his land? Read on!…

• SMIB - Aug 2009

  1 August, 2009

  Personal Injury Issue 35 - Gavin Henderson
  Welcome to the August edition of SMIB - more dependable than the predictions of a ‘BBQ summer’. We report on cases that consider whether there is a right to a jury, the responsibility for the acts of others, ex turpi causa and even a rare decision on a tripper…

• SMIB - July 2009

  1 July, 2009

  This month SMIB brings you a brace of cases where the courts have explored the limits of liability in the workplace. We also look at the fraught subject of school ground accidents and consider whether pre-litigation admissions of liability are necessarily binding…

• SMIB - May 2009

  1 May, 2009

  In this latest issue of SMIB we report on cases involving playground accidents and drunken claimants - as well as reviewing the latest decision arising from a foot and mouth outbreak.
  We also consider an issue that is always of interest: claimant’s costs and expenses!…

• SMIB - March 2009

  1 March, 2009

  Introduction
  Following the appointment of Michael Jones QC as senior partner and head of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Department, Simpson & Marwick’s dedicated Advocacy Unit was established in February 2009…

• SMIB - Feb 2009

  1 February, 2009

  In this latest issue of SMIB we report on factors limiting claims for psychiatric injury and on liability to compulsive customers - as well as injuries occasioned by dogs and lawnmowers. We also update you on a review of Fatal Accident Inquiries…

• SMIB - Jan 2009

  1 January, 2009

  A happy New Year from Simpson & Marwick. In our first issue of 2009 we report on two recent cases on personal injury, a decision by the court exercising its discretion to allow a historic abuse case to proceed when the defenders argued that it was time barred, and provide information on the changes announced by the Scottish Government on legal aid in civil actions…