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1 December 2009 ::
Chambers UK Guide 2010
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| Chambers UK Guide 2010
Our position in the provision of legal services in Northern Ireland legal has been endorsed by the 2010 Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession which is considered highly authoritative. It describes the firm as being…“at the heart of the insurance market in the region”.
In relation to Dispute Resolution it states: “McKintys has a great reputation for insurance dispute work-they’re old hands at it but always provide a fresh and creative approach”.
Paul McDonnell, Sandra Crawford and Paul Johnston are profiled as leading individuals.
“Incredibly hard-working calm and very measured approach”.(Sandra Crawford)
“Paul McDonnell is a standout name at the firm due to his impressive defamation experience”.
“Paul Johnston enjoys a strong profile among insurers”.
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12 August 2009 ::
House of Lords - 40 year delay no bar to musical copyright claim
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| Fisher v Brooker & another: When a claimant did not, for almost 40 years, assert his right to a share of the copyright in intellectual property, his claim could not be defeated by the doctrines of estoppel or laches when the defendants had suffered no detriment by acting in reliance on the assumption that he had no claim but, on the contrary, had derived a financial benefit far outweighing any detriment resulting from the claimant’s delay.
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10 July 2009 ::
Office of Fair Trading v Foxtons Ltd
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| Provisions in an estate agent’s standard terms and conditions of its letting contracts with landlords relating to renewal commission, third party renewal commission and sales commission were unfair.The OFT has the power under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 to challenge consumer terms if it considers unfair terms exist in consumer contracts which disadvantage a consumer. In this case, the OFT considered that terms relating to the payment of various types of commission where Foxtons played no active part in the transaction were unfair not just because of the potential size of the financial liability but also because they were tucked away in the small print and not immediately obvious to the consumer.
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29 May 2009 ::
Law Lords rule on off-site health & safety duties
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| A care worker who was injured when using a defective wheelchair ramp at a client’s home had not been using equipment “used by an employee at work” so as to make her local authority employer, who was aware of the ramp but did not own it, strictly liable under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
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30 April 2008 ::
Pre Action Protocol for Northern Ireland
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| A Pre Action Protocol for Northern Ireland recently appeared on the website of the NI Court Service. However, it has now been clarified that it is a pilot project. As soon as further information on the protocol is released, we shall carry an update.
McKinty and Wright has many decades of experience in dealing with claims and litigation in Northern Ireland and has guided and assisted it’s many Insurance clients through all the changes to date with professionalism and reliability.
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