On Thursday 4th May 2023 Mr Justice Martin Spencer handed down judgment in the conjoined appeals Nicholls v Mapfre & Woodward v Mapfre, adding another appellate decision to the line of cases on the hard fought issue of the correct approach to Spanish Interest in Rome II cases. By way of overview, in both cases…
Read moreSSAFA v Allgemeines Krankenhaus Viersen GmbH [2022] UKSC 29: Case Comment
In this latest post Patrick Vincent KC considers the recent decision of the Supreme Court in SSAFA v Allgemeines Krankenhaus Viersen GmbH. The Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 has been good for lawyers. Sections 1 and 2 of this short Act have generated numerous weighty judgments and hundreds of thousands of words of academic commentary….
Read moreClinical negligence in a foreign hospital: a recent ruling on applicable law and limitation
In Roberts (a minor) v (1) SSAFA; (2) MOD; (3) AKV (Part 20) [2020] EWHC 994 (QB) Mrs Justice Foster gave judgment on preliminary issues arising out of a claim for an English midwife’s purported negligence during the birth of Harry Roberts in Germany. The preliminary issues were: (1) Whether German law applied; (2) If so,…
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