England and Wales Case Law

Kerry Middleton v Carnival PLC t/a P&O Cruises

The Defendant did not act in a manner consistent with ambush; disclosure of surveillance evidence was reasonable given procedural chronology and cooperation. The Claimant had a fair opportunity to address the evidence. The time and circumstances of disclosure do not warrant exclusion under case management powers. Surveillance evidence is admitted.

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• Admissibility of evidence
• Surveillance evidence
• Case management
• Ambush
• Quantum of damages

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David Abbott & Ors v Ministry of Defence

High Court judgment in a military noise-induced hearing loss group action, addressing diagnosis, quantification, tinnitus, de minimis injury, and related damages issues.

• Noise induced hearing loss (nihl)
• Causation
• Quantum of damages
• Tinnitus
• Group litigation
• Diagnostic methods

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Indus Powertech Inc v Echjay Industries Private Limited

The High Court allowed a section 68 challenge to an ICC award, holding the tribunal failed to address key causation issues on capacity and lead time.

• Serious irregularity
• Failure to deal with issues
• Quantum of damages
• Causation
• Remission to tribunal
• Arbitration

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Foxton-Duffy v Jockey Club Racecourses Ltd

Foxton-Duffy v Jockey Club Racecourses Ltd [2026] EWHC 571 (KB) (13 March 2026)

The High Court found the employer liable for psychiatric injury caused by unmanageable workload and stress after a workplace restructure, and awarded damages.

• Employer's duty of care
• Workplace stress
• Psychiatric injury
• Foreseeability
• Breach of contract (mutual trust and confidence)
• Causation

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One Hyde Park Ltd v Laing O'Rourke Construction South Ltd

One Hyde Park Ltd v Laing O'Rourke Construction South Ltd [2026] EWHC 155 (TCC) (02 February 2026)

The High Court struck out the defence and found the defendant liable for major defects at One Hyde Park, awarding damages for pipework, valves, soldered joints and a cradle.

• Collateral warranty
• Breach of contract
• Defective works
• Landlord repairing obligations
• Quantum of damages
• Construction-law

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Dilks v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Dilks v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2026] EWHC 146 (KB) (30 January 2026)

Industrial disease claim dismissed after the court found the claimant had not proved the deceased was probably exposed to asbestos while operating a grader.

• Asbestos exposure
• Mesothelioma
• Employer's liability
• Breach of duty
• Causation
• Quantum of damages

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My Protection Guru Limited v LifeSearch Partners Limited

Commercial contract dispute over QLC lead commissions, trail commission, clawback reserve deductions, and a disputed 2021 variation of the parties’ arrangements.

• Entire agreement clauses
• Oral variation
• Estoppel
• Rectification
• Commission calculation
• Clawback reserve

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HDL v Butt & Anor

HDL v Butt & Anor [2025] EWHC 3410 (KB) (31 December 2025)

The High Court entered judgment for the claimant by consent but refused a further £225,000 interim payment because live causation disputes created an overpayment risk.

• Interim payments
• Causation
• Quantum of damages
• Summary judgment
• Road traffic accident
• Traumatic brain injury

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea & Anor v Beko Poland Manufacturing SP ZOO & Ors (Re Grenfell Tower Litigation)

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea & Anor v Beko Poland Manufacturing SP ZOO & Ors (Re Grenfell Tower Litigation) [2025] EWHC 3276 (KB) (09 December 2025)

The High Court managed disclosure, ADR and trial timetabling in the Grenfell Tower litigation, ordering full disclosure before mediation and moving trial to October 2028.

• Disclosure
• Alternative dispute resolution (adr)
• Case management
• Quantum of damages
• Trial timetabling
• Alternative-dispute-resolution

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Sophie Tait v Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

The defence is inconsistent with the judgment order insofar as it denies causation and effectiveness of treatment for symptoms specified in the order as having been caused by the Defendant’s negligence; the Defendant cannot plead that those symptoms were not caused by the negligence or that the correct diagnosis in 2008-2017 was not dysfunctional breathing.

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• Misdiagnosis
• Admissions
• Variation of judgment
• Causation
• Quantum of damages

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