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News, Blog 28th April 2025
Antonia Ford

Antonia Ford wins damages in a claim where the existence of a duty of care was in dispute

The Claimant, a community nurse, was injured conducting a regularly scheduled home visit for a vulnerable adult (the Occupant). Unbeknownst to her the Occupant had been transferred out of the property and toxic fumigation had been undertaken at the instruction of the Council. The Council was both the Landlord and the provider of adult social […]

News, Blog 13th November 2024
Antonia Ford

Car v Pedestrians: The unpredictable issue of contributory negligence

On the 29 January 2022 the Highway Code was amended after an extensive consultation to strengthen protection for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users. These amendments enshrined the hierarchy that ‘those in charge of vehicles that can cause the greatest harm in the event of a collision bear the greatest responsibility to take care and […]

News 23rd October 2024
Antonia Ford

Antonia Ford secures sanctions for a claim warehoused within the Pre Action Protocol

The Claimant commenced a personal injury claim within the Pre Action Protocol for Low Value Employment Liability Claims (the Protocol) in late 2019. Proceedings were stayed upon limitation ostensibly to allow the parties to engage with the Protocol but no progress was ever made. The Claimant repeatedly confirmed that the failure to progress to Stage […]

News, Blog 30th April 2024
Antonia Ford

The basic art of the perfect bundle

The provision and content of a bundle can make or break a trial. That might sound overly dramatic for something which on its face is a purely administrative task but a well-constructed and tactically considered bundle can make all the difference. A perfect bundle allows the advocate to seamlessly direct a Judge or witness to […]

News 5th April 2024

Pump Court Chambers launches Sports Law team

Pump Court Chambers’ Sports Law team has been involved in sports related commercial dispute resolution, disciplinary and regulatory proceedings, employment issues, personal injury, breach of confidentiality and privacy, private client work (including divorce proceedings) as well as allegations of business crimes involving sports organisations, associations and clubs. They are also regularly involved in substantial and […]

News 26th March 2024
Antonia Ford

Antonia Ford joins the Executive Committee of the Personal Injuries Bar Association

We are delighted to announce that Antonia Ford has joined the Executive Committee of the Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA). Antonia commented: ‘PIBA fulfils an essential role not just by representing practitioners in the field of personal injury litigation, but also by ensuring that the rights of personal injury litigants is at the forefront of […]

News, Blog 13th February 2024
Antonia Ford

When is relief not relief?

Relief from Sanctions applications continue to take up a disproportionate amount of court time both in the lower Courts and on appeal. It is rare for a week to go by without some aspect of CPR 3.9 and Denton and others v TH White Ltd and another [2014] EWCA Civ 906 (Denton) being the subject […]

News 4th December 2023
Domestic Abuse during COVID-19

New Practitioner Series – Season 2

We are pleased to launch season 2 of our New Practitioner Series of webinars, which are aimed at practitioners 0-3 years qualified. It includes a range of bite-sized webinars on matters of procedure and law and is designed to be used as training and library resource for practitioners as they navigate their case-loads. The topics […]

News 1st December 2022

Pump Court Chambers launches Personal Injury Online Resource

We are delighted to launch the first in our series of short, bite-sized webinars, designed as an introduction to practical subjects for practitioners with less than 3 years’ experience improve their skills in personal injury litigation. The Autumn series of webinars includes: The RTA Protocol: Louisa Simpson Credit Hire – A Beginners Guide: Henry Hawkesworth […]

News 30th September 2022
Antonia Ford

European influence on UK Insurance industry loosens

Insurance has been part of road traffic litigation since 1897 when the first policy was issued. Policies were based on existing insurance schemes covering horse drawn carriages and third-party cover was not commonplace. Modern compulsory insurance was not introduced until the Road Traffic Act 1930, a significant time after Ford, Renault, Fiat, Daimler and Benz […]

Webinar Archive 27th August 2022

Indemnity – The Basics

In this webinar, Antonia Ford covers the basics necessary to understand the legal implications and practical considerations associated with indemnity in road traffic insurance. The webinar works through the tree of indemnity and provide guidance on when indemnity can be avoided and how this effects litigation proposed following road traffic accidents. To download a copy […]

News 22nd March 2022
Antonia Ford

Antonia Ford secures ‘Sanderson’ cost order in a QOCS claim

The Claimant was injured in an accident within her home caused by the defective installation of a bathroom. Proceedings were issued against two Defendants because the true identity of the fitter was unclear. The Claimant was successful against the Second Defendant but unsuccessful against the First Defendant. The unusual feature was that the Second Defendant […]

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