Parental liability: Some people’s kids…

Anthony Collins | Personal Injury Law Journal | November 2018 #170
Judges often have to determine the extent to which liability for an accident should be apportioned. Ann Houghton and Karl Hirst consider this in the vexed context of parental responsibility ‘The intriguing question in Ellis related to an everyday decision of pure parenting. To what degree would the law critically scrutinise and second-guess those types …

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Local authority duties: Limited liability

1 Chancery Lane | Personal Injury Law Journal | July/August 2018 #167
In the conclusion to a two-part analysis, Robert Hams, Lord Edward Faulks QC and Paul Stagg examine the implications of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in CN v Poole Borough Council ‘Following CN v Poole, no duty of care can be owed by a local social services authority in the exercise of its child protection …

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Local authority duties: Limited liability

Wansbroughs | Family Law Journal | May 2018 #176
In the conclusion to a two-part analysis, Robert Hams, Lord Edward Faulks QC and Paul Stagg examine the Court of Appeal‘s approach to local authority duties and the implications of its judgment in CN v Poole Borough Council ‘Two aspects of the case law militated against liability: the danger of encouraging defensive decision-making, and the …

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