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Recent Cases

  • CASES

    September 2, 2016

    Employers’ Liability, Personal Injury

    S v Brenntag & Suttons Transport Group

    The claimant was a tanker driver employed by the second defendants delivering concentrated bleach for the first defendants.  Whilst discharging he was sprayed with the product from a fault in the line sustaining chemical burns and

  • CASES

    July 20, 2016

    Personal Injury, Personal Injury Costs

    Price v Egbert H Taylor & Company Limited (costs) Appeal REF.BM5/007/A

    In Price v Egbert H Taylor & Company Limited the Claimant had wrongly said that a pre-1/4/13 CFA was in existence (in fact there was none). Having lost the claim he said that because there was

  • CASES

    July 17, 2016

    Personal Injury

    Apfel v London Borough of Hackney

    James was successful in acting for a local authority in a multi-track personal injury claim brought by an employee. The decision provides employers with clear authority and guidance over the interpretation and meaning of Regulation 4(3)

  • CASES

    July 17, 2016

    Personal Injury

    Edwards v Bristol City Council

    James successfully set aside a late notice of discontinuance and had the claim struck out with an enforceable costs order under CPR44.15.

  • CASES

    July 17, 2016

    Personal Injury

    Trussler v Surrey County Council

    Two day trial concerning the nature of duty of care owed to a school pupil during the conduct of a science experiment at school. James successfully acted for the Claimant at first instance.

  • CASES

    July 17, 2016

    Personal Injury

    Issa v Bristol City Council

    A claim was discontinued at trial because it disclosed no reasonable grounds for bringing the claim and a wasted costs order was obtained against the Claimant’s solicitors in respect of their conduct of the claim.

  • CASES

    April 21, 2016

    Personal Injury

    Dawid Masel v Esure

    Ben Handy was instructed by Horwich Farrelly solicitors in order to defend this claim on behalf of the defendant insurer, Esure.

  • CASES

    November 3, 2015

    Personal Injury, Personal Injury Costs

    Price v Egbert H Taylor & Company Limited

    No fee means no application. Matthew acted for the defendant employer and the claim was struck out on the basis that an application to extend time for service of the claim form, whilst received by the

  • CASES

    October 19, 2015

    Highways & Rights of Way, Personal Injury, Public Liability

    Sullivan v (1) Cardiff Council; and (2) Dwr Cymru/ Welsh Water

    Point of interest: for highway lawyers: Shine v Tower Hamlets [2006] EWCA Civ 852 (no s.41 duty in respect of street furniture) applies to pillar fire hydrants just as much as it does to bollards. The

  • CASES

    June 19, 2015

    Personal Injury

    Davies v Asda

    In which His Honour Judge Denyer QC held, on appeal, that applications for pre-action disclosure are interim applications for the purposes of the fixed costs regime.

  • CASES

    February 11, 2015

    Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Personal Injury

    Richards v Richards (2015)

    Richard is defending a claim by a widow following the death of her husband who was kicked by a bullock: sections 2(2), 5(1) and (2) of the Animals Act 1971.

  • CASES

    October 9, 2014

    Industrial Disease, Personal Injury

    Coventry University v Mian [2014] EWCA Civ 1275

    Andrew successfully represented the defendant in the Court of Appeal in the work-related stress case of Coventry University v Mian [2014] EWCA Civ 1275. Andrew was instructed by Matthew Harrington of BLM solicitors Cardiff on behalf