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Legal Principle: Overturning the Cookson defect
Christopher Sharp QC explains why Knauer v Ministry of Justice marks a fundamental change in claims for future loss of dependency in fatal accident cases ‘The decision in Knauer was not unexpected but it is to be welcomed. It is to be hoped that a similar opportunity to have the Supreme Court review the position …
Cases Referenced
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- A v Hoare [2008] UKHL 6
- Cookson v Knowles [1978] UKHL 3
- Corbett v Barking Havering and Brentwood Health Authority [1990] EWCA Civ 15
- Croke v Wiseman [1981] 3 All ER 852
- Fletcher v A Train and Sons Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 413
- Gammell v Wilson [1980] All ER 557
- Graham v Dodds [1983] 1 WLR 808
- Iqbal v Whipps Cross University NHS Trust [2007] EWCA Civ 1190
- Knauer v Ministry of Justice [2014] EWHC 2553 (QB)
- Pickett v British Rail Engineering [1978] UKHL 4
- Practice Statement (Judicial Precedent) [1966] 1 WLR 1234
- Totham v Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 97 (QB)
- Wells v Wells [1998] UKHL 27
- White v ESAB Group (UK) Ltd [2002] All ER (D) 02