The Weekly Roundup: The Precedents Edition

It's been another busy week for cross border practitioners. In a cosmetic surgery claim, the facts of which will be all too familiar to those of us practising in the area, Forster J considered the standard to which the surgeon should be held, coming down firmly on the side of the consumer. Meanwhile, over in the Supreme Court, Bott & Co eventually succeeded in their long running dispute against Ryanair, which the court also appears to have considered to be a good result for consumers. Meanwhile, in other good news for Claimants, in Lambert v MIB [2022] 3 WLUK 208  the Claimant, a motorcyclist injured in the course of a track day in Spain, succeeded in his claim against the MIB (albeit with a reduction of 25% on account of contributory negligence). The judgment contains a handy guide to the Spanish law on assumption of responsibility. And in potentially worrying news for practitioners, in Greencastle v Payne [2022] 1 WLUK 478  permission for a Claimant to rely on