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….
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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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