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Joshua Hedgman successfully resists a relief from sanction appeal

Published: 16/03/2015 | News

Joshua Hedgman successfully resisted a relief from sanction appeal that deprives the claimant of chronic pain report estimated to have been worth over £1 million to the value of the claim. Joshua was recently instructed for a defendant on the claimant’s appeal from a decision not to grant relief from sanction for failing to serve […]

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James Pretsell successfully represents Defendants against substantial claim for damages

Published: 13/03/2015 | News

ATKINSON v (1) PATHAK & (2) ROYAL SUN ALLIANCE 26/02/15, QBD, HHJ Owen QC sitting as a High Court Judge James Pretsell successfully represents Defendants against substantial claim for damages. James was instructed by the Defendant insurer to defend a claim involving a Claimant who had been working as a self-employed gardener when in December […]

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Recovery of CFA Success Fees & Children

Published: 13/03/2015 | News

Introduction As those who deal with personal injury litigation involving minors will know, when heard together, the phrases “Jackson Reforms” and “success fees” have caused significant headaches. The problem which is too often being encountered is the refusal of District Judges to release funds from a child’s damages to satisfy the success fee charged by […]

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Nigel Spencer Ley obtains substantial damages for motorcyclist who suffered major orthopaedic injuries

Published: 12/03/2015 | News

Nigel Spencer Ley obtains substantial damages for motorcyclist who suffered major orthopaedic injuries. Motorcycles were the Claimant’s passion. By day he was a motorcycle instructor and in his spare time, he was either riding or rebuilding bikes. In October 2010, he suffered major orthopaedic injuries when a negligent car driver pulled out in front of […]

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Nigel Spencer Ley secures substantial damages for an IT Director suffering from Conversion Disorder

Published: 06/03/2015 | News

Nigel Spencer Ley secured substantial damages for an IT Director suffering from Conversion Disorder. The Claimant was injured in a minor road traffic accident in July 2010. She subsequently developed what appeared to be a major vestibular disorder: she walked with an abnormal gait and required crutches, she suffered problems with balance and dizziness and […]

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Matthew Hodson succeeds in establishing pregnancy discrimination in remitted ET hearing

Published: 05/03/2015 | News

Matthew Hodson represented the Claimant in this remitted claim for pregnancy discrimination in the case of Martinez v (1) Indigo Design & Build Ltd (2) Mr Tank (2015). The EAT ((2014) UKEAT/0020/14/DM; 2014 WL 4423177; LTL 11/9/14) had found that the ET had erred in its analysis of direct discrimination, in particular by applying an […]

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Nigel Spencer Ley succeeds in a major Fatal Accident Act claim against the NHS Ambulance Trust

Published: 04/03/2015 | News

Hayes v South East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 0018 Nigel Spencer Ley was successful in a major Fatal Accident Act claim against the NHS Ambulance Trust. Mr Hayes, a barrister’s clerk and father of three sons, had a long history of severe asthma attacks. In December 2008 when he began to suffer […]

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Bonike Erinle is invited to sit on the Six Nations Disciplinary Panel

Published: 25/02/2015 | News

Earlier this month, Bonike Erinle was invited to join a Six Nations Disciplinary Panel Committee that had been convened to decide on the merits of a citing complaint against a French No. 4 player who had been accused of making contact with the eye or eye area of an opponent during the match against Ireland […]

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