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On 10 August 2005, Duncan Rowan MacLarty (71) in the course of his self employment as a farmer at Crasky Farm, Duncanston died when he fell through a perspex roof light in the roof of a barn and struck the concrete floor three meters below. The cause of death was a major head injury which he sustai......

On 10 August 2005, Duncan Rowan MacLarty (71) in the course of his self employment as a farmer at Crasky Farm, Duncanston died when he fell through a perspex roof light in the roof of a barn and struck the concrete floor three meters below. The cause of death was a major head injury which he sustai......

Mrs Janet Allen, aged 96 years, resided at 6 Westfield Drive, Greenock, died in the Larkfield Unit at Inverclyde Royal Hospit ......

Accountants were retained to provide tax advice on a bonus scheme. The Deputy Master granted summary judgment on the basis that the claim was time-barred. Following permission to appeal on paper the appeal was refused. Assuming in 2003 they should have advised that there was a material change in......

In A Claim Governed By Guernsey Law, An Employers' Liability Insurer Was Only Liable To Indemnify Employer For The Proportion Of Employee's Employment Covered By Insurance Policy.Cooke J was required to determine the scope of the Defendant insurer's liability to the Claimant employer and who was in......

Appeal against a refusal to order costs in commercial litigation where the action failed on its primary basis but succeeded on two of its four heads of claim. Appeal dismissed. Held: Although claimants who achieve a material success on a fraud claim ought ordinarily to recover at least part of t......

A complaint was made against a law firm which the SRA investigated. The investigator discovered that the sole principal solicitor supervised the firm remotely from Pakistan due to immigration difficulties. The investigator spoke to the principal and indicated that a certificate of compliance would ......

The tip of the Claimant's finger was amputated whilst she was 'spotting' for a friend on a weight-machine at the Defendant's gym. At first instance the Recorder held that it was reasonably foreseeable that injury would be suffered by a gym member in this way; and that it was not cle......