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Sara Jeffs receives an apology from The Times
Mrs Sara Jeffs received an apology from Times Newspapers Limited publisher of The Times after the newspaper published an article both in the newspaper and online on 19th January 2019. The apology reads as follows; “Reporting an investigation into the International Church and its leaders, following the collapse of a musical production funded by members, […]
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Limitation Periods in Professional Negligence.
In Holt v Holley & Steer Solicitors (a firm) [2020] EWCA Civ 851 the Court of Appeal reviewed limitation periods and in particular the question of when the clock starts to run within which to bring a claim in professional negligence against a solicitor firm. The Limitation Act 1980 provides time limits within which a […]
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Immunity from suit
No person taking part in legal proceedings, such as the judge, the advocates including the barristers and solicitors representing their clients, the witnesses and the parties themselves can be sued for anything written or spoken in the course of the proceedings. The immunity from suit is absolute and cannot be defeated by malice In Taylor […]