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On Friday 22 July 2022, Johnson J handed down judgment in Power v Bernard Hastie & Company Ltd & others [2022] EWHC 1927 (QB) in respect of an application for an order for substitution made by the executor of the deceased’s estate. The judgment provides High Court authority for the proposition that a claimant’s right to seek…

Benjamin Franklin held that death, along with taxes, were the only certainties. When the former occurs after a cause of action in a personal injury claim has arisen there will be consequences for that claim. When a person who is, or was intended to be, a party to a personal injury claim dies (so we…