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.