Human Rights: The limits of striking out powers

Brian Barr Solicitors | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2015 #138
In part two of his article Steven Akerman continues his assessment of section 57’s incompatibility with human rights ‘It seems abundantly clear that the current state of the court’s opinion is that a claim will only be forfeited if the whole claim is tainted to the point that a finding at trial would be unsafe …

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Human Rights: Section 57? Incompatible… as decided by the Supreme Court

Brian Barr Solicitors | Personal Injury Law Journal | July/August 2015 #137
Steven Akerman examines the conflict between the new striking out powers and the Human Rights Act, in part one of this article he looks at the legislation ‘There is already authoritative UK case law that has determined that the legislation is not compatible with the said human rights provisions.’ The full effect of the Jackson …

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