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Ropewalk Chambers will be holding our fourth conference in Lincoln on Thursday 25 September 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Lincoln. Our team of expert barristers will be holding talks on various topics, including: We are busy putting together our programme of talks, with more topics to be added, which we will share shortly. Registration will…
It is with great delight that we announce that Ropewalk Chambers has been nominated for the ‘Set Outside London of the Year’ award, and Rochelle Rong has been nominated for the ‘Junior of the Year’ for her work in Clinical Negligence. To view the full shortlist, please click here. The Legal 500 Awards are widely…
Philip Turton adds to his article on URS Corporation Limited v BDW Trading Limited. This article can be read here. Two weeks ago I wrote about the effect of URS Corporation Limited v BDW Trading Limited [2025] UKSC 21 (“URS Corporation”) on claims for contribution in mesothelioma cases. The effect of the decision in the…
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Does the Court have jurisdiction over compliance with the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value RTA Claims (“the Protocol”)? In its decision of 24 June 2025, the Court of Appeal decided in MH Site Maintenance Services Limited and another v James Watson [2025] EWCA Civ 775 that, when proceedings have been issued, the answer is “yes.”…
In the recent Judgment of Edwards and ors v 2 Sisters Food Group Limited [2025] EWHC 1312 (KB), Sir Peter Lane considered causation in work-related COVID-19 claims and the courts’ approach to a summary judgment application where further evidence may yet be adduced by the respondent. This Judgment is of significance for anyone dealing with…
On 3rd June 2025 the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) published research undertaken by the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) in relation to selected malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases (lung cancer and COPD; other respiratory diseases such as asthma and various types of pneumoconiosis were excluded). The research was commissioned in circumstances where the current list…
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