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The High Court dismissed the claim against Mr Mandelli, holding the pleaded facts did not show he personally assumed responsibility to the Claimants.
The Respondent owed no duty to the Appellant under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 because the risks of climbing the gate were obvious and willingly accepted, and the danger was not due to the state of the premises but the act of climbing. Alternatively, the Appellant was a trespasser when climbing the gate and no duty was owed under the 1984 Act as the Respondent had no knowledge of the burr and could not reasonably be expected to protect against the risk. Even if a duty was owed, the Respondent had adequate measures for ball retrieval. The cause of injury was the Appellant's own choice to…
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Dakin v South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] EWCC 26 (12 May 2026)
The court held that an admitted failure to arrange ECG monitoring caused a delayed AF diagnosis, anticoagulation was missed, and the claimant’s stroke was due to that breach.
Medical negligence claim over a psychiatrist’s risk assessment failed. The court found the assessment was within reasonable professional opinion and causation was not proved.
Personal injury road traffic claim dismissed after the claimant failed to prove the driver breached his duty of care or caused the collision.
Ridge owed Eiger a duty of care in contract and tort to advise with reasonable skill and care on project pricing, cost to completion, and risks. Ridge breached this duty by failing to provide proper analysis, failing to highlight significant risks, and not obtaining informed consent for conflict of interest. Eiger relied on Ridge's report in entering the loan agreement, and suffered recoverable loss as the loan contained a significant undisclosed risk of cost overrun. The quantum of loss is the difference between the advised cost to completion and the market benchmarked figure, assessed at £2…
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Eiger Funding (PCC) Ltd v Ridge and Partners LLP [2026] EWHC 609 (TCC) (16 March 2026)
The High Court held Ridge liable in professional negligence for an unsound monitoring report on a Liverpool development loan, awarding Eiger £2.5 million.
The GMC does not owe a common law duty of care to doctors under investigation regarding timing, manner, or content of notification, as such a duty would be inconsistent with its statutory obligations to protect the public and conduct investigations. The operational duty under Article 2 ECHR does not arise in the context of regulatory investigations, as the circumstances do not amount to 'well-defined circumstances' and the GMC did not have actual or constructive knowledge of a real and immediate risk to life. Both claims are bound to fail and are struck out or summarily dismissed.
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Upper Tribunal held that Tell Us Once had no duty to advise on Bereavement Support Payment and that time limits for claiming BSP were not displaced by human rights arguments.
Findings of default are not a legal precondition for making unless orders; the judge acted within his wide case management discretion in imposing general unless orders to ensure compliance with disclosure obligations in large-scale multi-party litigation; the orders were proportionate, lawful, and rationally connected to the legitimate aim of progressing litigation and ensuring fair lead claimant selection; extension of time for appeal was refused due to significant delay and lack of good reason; permission to appeal was refused as grounds lacked merit.
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