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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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Peter Freeman successfully defends a haulier in a fatal accident claim

Published: 23/02/2015 | News

Dursan v J Sainsbury Plc (26th, 27th January & 12th February 2015) – RCJ Peter Freeman represented D in a fatal road traffic accident. The driver of a HGV was in stop-start traffic in a busy area in which he was aware of pedestrians crossing from both sides in between vehicles. It was dark and […]

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Aidan O’Brien succeeds in highways claim

Published: 18/02/2015 | News

Aidan O’Brien recently appeared for the Defendant company, which undertook highways inspections and maintenance operations, on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council in a successful highways claim. The Claimant alleged that he had sustained personal injuries following a fall caused by a defect in the highway. His claim was framed in common law negligence and/or public […]

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Rhiannon Jones is appointed to the Queen’s Counsel

Published: 16/02/2015 | News

All the members and staff at Farrar’s Building congratulate Rhiannon Jones on her appointment as Queen’s Counsel. Rhiannon ‘took silk’ today (Monday 16th February 2015) having been involved in a number of high profile personal injury and clinical negligence cases in recent years. Her appointment reflects her skill, knowledge, commitment to her clients and the […]

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