With effect from 6 April 2023, Practice Direction 21 was revoked and Part 21 was amended to incorporate some of the provisions previously in PD21 (as well as some other changes).

Allegations of negligence against sports instructors often contend that there has a been a failure to warn of specific risks.

This is the first in a series of short articles which delve into some of the lesser-known authorities relating to the Highway Authority's duty to maintain the highway under the Highways Act 1980.

In a recent decision on appeal Farbey J reconsidered the approach to be taken to the interpretation of the word ‘accident' within the meaning of Article 17 of the Montreal Convention...

If an airline passenger slips, trips and falls during the course of a flight, or during embarkation or disembarkation, but there is no identifiable external cause of the fall...

This week we bring tidings of such importance that we have devoted the entire Dekagram to them – a forthcoming rule change of the utmost importance to all those undertaking work in the Admiralty Division.

Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Griffiths v TUI [2023] UKSC 48. Dominique Smith wrote a detailed analysis that same day, providing salient commentary valuable for travel and PI practitioners alike.

Amateur sport ought to be a positive and safe experience. It should not cause physical harm beyond unavoidable hazards.

This is the second short article in a series focusing on lesser-known case law which may assist in defending claims brought against highways authorities for failing to maintain the ...

It's almost impossible to believe it, but this is the last Dekagram of the year. We'd like to wish our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and to thank them for their support and companionship over 2023.

On 19th January 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the case of West Northamptonshire Council (acting via Northamptonshire Childrens Trust) v KA (Mother & Anor) (Intermediaries)...

The law on secondary victim claims has been much debated recently. In Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2022] EWCA Civ 12 the Supreme Court is due to reconsider the position of claimants...

So that's it. We've had A level and GCSE results, the late August Bank Holiday, the now traditional holiday air traffic control meltdown, and the Summer is over.

As anticipated, Brexit has made the lives of cross border practitioners far more interesting, and no more so than in connection with enforcement.

Our eye was caught this week by a recent judgment by Mellor J in a cryptocurrency case. Not that the subject matter of the claim especially concerns travel and cross border practitioners; but the question...

This week's Dekagram is all about jurisdiction and in particular the application of the post-Brexit rules on service outside the jurisdiction. As anticipated, Brexit has led to an avalanche of contested applications...

We were interested to read the surprise news that the start date for the extension of the fixed costs regime has now been confirmed, although naturally the rules themselves, and the fixed sums, have yet to be publicised.

This edition of the Dekagram is a globetrotting one. First, we travel to Scotland, where we immerse ourselves in the joy of both Scottish and Latin legalese.

All things being as they should be, mobile phone evidence will find its way into proceedings in the family court via the police, who will have seized and extracted mobile phone...

As we've remarked before, it's a quirky feature of travel and cross border claims that you wait ages for, say, a decision on jurisdiction, and then three or four come along at once.