News & Events

Our Spring 2025 edition of ‘Headlight’, Dolmans Solicitors’ motoring news bulletin. This edition includes various case summaries covering fundamental dishonesty, third party costs orders, a failed defence of illegality and late applications for medical evidence. 

This edition reports on a matter where we were successful in securing a discontinuance in relation to a claim involving an alleged highway defect, together with various case updates

This edition reports on a finding that a defect to ironworks in the highway was not dangerous for the purposes of section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, together with various case updates.

This edition focuses on the Guideline Hourly Rate increase with effect from 01 January 2025, together with various case updates.

Our motoring news bulletin. This edition includes various case summaries covering credit hire in the content of loss of profit, Rome II considerations and favouring contemporaneous witness evidence over expert evidence.

This edition focuses on the Lord Chancellor’s announcement confirming the new Personal Injury Discount Rate, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on a matter relating to the use of driven inspections in the context of defending Highways Act claims, together with various case updates.

This edition includes various case summaries covering fundamental dishonesty, contributory negligence and reliability of witness evidence over expert evidence. 

This edition focuses on the ongoing Personal Injury Discount Rate Review, together with various case updates.

Dolmans is recognised as the only Tier 1 law firm in Wales in the category of Personal Injury: Defendant in the Legal 500 rankings for 2024.

This edition reports on a matter where we were successful in securing a discontinuance in relation to a claim involving an alleged highway defect, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on a matter where proceedings were issued against the wrong Defendant through mistaken identity, together with various case updates.

This edition includes various case summaries covering fundamental dishonesty, disclosure in credit hire claims, medical agency fees and disputing jurisdiction.

This edition reports on factual causation and other issues in highway tripping matters, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on a Defendant Authority’s duty when Algae is on the highway, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the COA where a Defendant Local Authority was responsible for residual diminution in value of the Claimant’s land following treatment of Japanese knotweed, together with various case updates.

This edition reports on Highways matters and the Small Claims Track, together with various case updates.

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