Content by Sarah Hopkinson

Our annual series of webinars focusing on personal injury litigation relating to personal injury litigation cases presented by members of our Personal Injury team. Each webinar should be of interest to lawyers, claims handlers, case funders and all those who are involved in this area. All webinars in this series will have a Q&A session…

This webinar considers potential defendants for a claim arising out of a road traffic accident including: A post-Brexit update is also provided, and guidance given on foreign insurers using the Rome II Regulations. To view our blog ‘Identifying the Correct Defendant in RTA Claims’ by Kate Longson and Sarah Hopkinson please click here.

The appeal decision of Julian Knowles J in Après Lounge Limited v Wade [2023] EWHC 190 (KB) (judgment here) provides a useful reminder that the courts must not impose a counsel of perfection on defendants, who are required only to exercise reasonable care. The First-Instance Decision The Claimant brought a claim against the Defendant for…

It is not uncommon for a losing party to be disgruntled by the outcome of his/her case. However, the majority of the time, the findings of fact which have brought a judge to their conclusion will be unimpeachable and the reasons given, whilst potentially contrary to the beliefs of the losing party, will be sufficiently…

This blog looks back to the Supreme Court’s decision in Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Ltd [2011] 1 WLR 1003 and discuss how the concepts of risk and acceptable limits of exposure now operate in modern-day disease litigation. NIHL and the Code of Practice for Reducing Exposure of Employed Persons to Noise 1972 It is ten years…

In a case concerning a child or protected party, during the period between its purported acceptance and approval under CPR Part 21, a Part 36 offer is – much like Schrödinger’s cat – in a state of superposition: it is both accepted but not binding (i.e. liable to be withdrawn). The grounds on which such…

Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson revisit the question of liability for COVID-19 infections, this time from an American perspective. In May 2020, we published a series of five articles exploring the potential liability of employers arising from exposure of employees to COVID-19. Whilst it is unlikely that any claims arising out of exposure to COVID-19 have yet been…

To view our on-demand webinar on Hierarchy of Defendants in Road Traffic Accident Claims, click here. This is a brief guide to identifying the correct Defendant(s) in RTA claims. We will consider the position of the Defendant tortfeasor, the hierarchy of claims that can be brought against the tortfeasor’s insurer and when claims are correctly…

Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson have published a series of five articles addressing possible liabilities on the part of employers for outbreaks of COVID-19 amongst their workforce. Please click here to access all five articles, or click on the link for a specific article below. Introduction. Liability at Common Law. Liability for Breach of Statutory Duty. Liability Under…

Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson’s series of articles ‘Coronavirus and Employers’ Liability’ concludes with the final article ‘Liability of Employers to Family Members of Employees’. Click here to read the full article. Links to all the articles in this series are below: To read ‘Part 1: Introduction’, click here. To read ‘Part 2: Liability at Common…

Our series on employers’ liability for PPE by Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson continues with the fourth article ‘Liability Under EU Directives’. Click here to read the full article. Links to all the articles in this series are below: To read ‘Part 1: Introduction’, click here. To read ‘Part 2: Liability at Common Law’, click here. To read…

Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson’s series on the employers’ liability for PPE continues with ‘Breach of Statutory Duty’. Click here to read the full article. Links to all the articles in this series are below: To read ‘Part 1: Introduction’, click here. To read ‘Part 2: Liability at Common Law’, click here. To read ‘Part 4: Liability Under EU…

In the second article of Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson’s series on the employers’ liability for PPE delves into ‘Liability at Common Law’. Click here to read the full article. Links to all the articles in this series are below: To read ‘Part 1: Introduction’, click here. To read ‘Part 3: Liability for Breach of Statutory Duty’,…

In the first of five articles, our barristers Jack McCracken and Sarah Hopkinson consider the liability of employers for alleged failings relating to providing PPE to employees. Click here to read the full article. Links to all the articles in this series are below: To read ‘Part 2: Liability at Common Law’, click here. To read ‘Part 3:…