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Recent Cases

  • CASES

    April 11, 2023

    Personal Injury

    Julie Tiernan-Spratt v Wolverhampton City Council [2023] EWHC 811

    Andrew McLaughlin has succeeded in the High Court before Mr Justice Freedman on an appeal against a refusal of relief from sanction relating to three witness statements that were served 1 year late.

  • CASES

    April 5, 2023

    Personal Injury, Public Liability

    M v A Supermarket Chain (anonymised for confidentiality)

    Ben Handy was sole counsel instructed to defend a well-known supermarket chain against a £2m+ claim following an accidental fall in one of their cafes. The claimant suffered cauda equina due to a herniated disc, allegedly

  • CASES

    September 21, 2022

    Personal Injury, Personal Injury Fraud

    DQ v Esure Services Ltd

    In DQ v Esure Services Ltd, in a trial this week over two days, James secured dismissal of a phantom occupancy claim presented with a value  of £50,000.  The claimant alleged he was sat in his stationary

  • CASES

    September 21, 2022

    Personal Injury, Personal Injury Fraud

    AH (1) & SW (2) v AA Underwriting Limited

    In AH (1) & SW (2) v AA Underwriting Limited, the two claimants had brought late notified claims for alleged whiplash injuries sustained in a low speed collision.  The claims were dismissed after cross examination in a

  • CASES

    July 11, 2022

    Catastrophic Injury, Personal Injury

    X v Y (anonymised for confidentiality)

    Ben Handy is being led by Christopher Sharp QC on a £5m claim representing a pedestrian who suffered life-altering injuries when he was run down by a motorist on a country lane, being left with life-long

  • CASES

    March 7, 2022

    Catastrophic Injury, Clinical Negligence

    Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr Local Health Board [2022] EWHC 455 (QB)

    Andrew McLaughlin has successfully defended a High Court clinical negligence claim against Betsi Cadwaladr Local Health Board brought by the widow of a man who committed suicide in the case of Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr Local

  • CASES

    January 17, 2022

    Highways & Rights of Way, Personal Injury

    Brown v South West Lakes Trust and others [2022] EWCA Civ 18

    Three members of our Personal Injury team were all successful in the Court of Appeal in a judgment handed down on 17th January 2022 in the case of Brown v South West Lakes Trust and others [2022] EWCA Civ 18,

  • CASES

    November 17, 2021

    Personal Injury, Personal Injury Fraud

    Cornish v Darnley

    Personal Injury barrister, James Marwick was recently successful in securing a finding of fundamental dishonesty on appeal in the reported case of Cornish v Darnley.

  • CASES

    July 23, 2021

    Personal Injury, Personal Injury Fraud

    Walkden v Drayton Manor Park Ltd [2021] EWHC 2056 (QB)

    Andrew McLaughlin has succeeded in a 2-day High Court appeal against Satinder Hunjan QC before Mrs Justice Tipples DBE, who upheld a finding below by HHJ Murdoch that a claim for in excess of £1.5m should be

  • CASES

    June 16, 2021

    Personal Injury, Personal Injury Fraud

    Kabill v Walsall Council

    A fraudulent claimant, Mr Mohammed Yaqub Kabil was jailed for six months in contempt proceedings that flowed from a public liability multi-track trial in which Darren Lewis of our Personal Injury team secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty.

  • CASES

    March 11, 2021

    Personal Injury

    D v (1) A Clinician and (2) A Hospital Trust (anonymised for confidentiality

    Ben is acting in a £500,000+ claim for a claimant who suffered a stroke when a feeding line was incorrectly inserted into an artery during routine surgery, leaving them with a host of speech, hearing mobility,

  • CASES

    January 13, 2021

    Personal Injury

    A v (1) A School Authority and (2) A Teacher (anonymised for confidentiality)

    Ben is acting for a local authority in a £1.5m claim involving highly sensitive allegations of sexual abuse over a prolonged period while the claimant was a primary school student.