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Jim Hester – 15 September 2022 – Share
This is my last article on the new (16th Edition) of the Judicial College guidelines, following earlier articles on Work-related...
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Jim Hester – 24 August 2022 – Share
Following my earlier article concerning Work-related Limb Disorders, this article concentrates on changes relevant for assessing damages for Noise Induced...
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Jim Hester – 24 August 2022 – Share
The standard expected of a reasonable and prudent employer in employer liability cases is frequently the subject of both legal...
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Jim Hester – 16 June 2022 – Share
The recent publication of the 16th Edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases,...
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Jim Hester – 4 May 2022 – Share
Does the specific injury or disease which a claimant sustained need to be reasonably foreseeable for liability to be established?...
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Jim Hester – 13 January 2022 – Share
I have been asked by a number of people if I can cover some of the cases which are frequently...
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Jim Hester – 21 October 2021 – Share
This is another case where the court (and parties) have had to consider findings of fact in relation to historic...
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Jim Hester – 18 August 2021 – Share
This Judgment was given extempore during a CMC. However, the Master decided that given that it involves the common issue of cost...
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Jim Hester – 17 June 2021 – Share
In this Asbestosis case, both limitation and causation were in dispute. The Judgment appears in full at Balls v Reeve...
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Jim Hester – 9 June 2021 – Share
This Judgment concerned an appeal from the Claimant's unsuccessful Third Party disclosure Application: Sparkes (as personal representative of Pauline Sparkes,...
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