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Anthony Johnson (instructed by Michael Wangermann of Ashtons Legal) represented the Claimant, a 42-year-old motorcyclist who suffered extremely serious injuries in a road traffic collision with a tractor that was towing a trailer. The Claimant suffered a spinal cord injury…
Personal injury, costs, disapplication of QOCS where the claim was made for the benefit of a third party. The two gateways in CPR 44.16(2)(a) and (b) depended on who benefitted from the claim: if a third party benefitted then gateway…
Civil procedure, pleadings, lifting the value. The Claimant brought a claim for personal injury and originally limited his claim to Fast Track levels. Standard directions were issued including permission to file and serve an updated schedule of loss. The Claimant’s…
Contempt: procedure, permission and prison capacity. In a contempt application the Court considered when permission is required in relation to allegations of interference with the administration of justice in ‘existing’ proceedings and the relevance of overlapping allegations which do require…
Contempt: basis and sentencing. In a contempt application, a Claim Notification Form could form the basis for contempt, just as with pleadings and statements. When sentencing, the Court could impose a fine if the exceptionality of the circumstances justifies the…
Fundamental dishonesty and costs. There was no presumption that a successful Claimant would receive indemnity costs where the Defendant’s allegations of fundamental dishonesty failed. The default position is that standard costs are payable unless the receiving party could demonstrate why…
The Inquest touching upon the death of RH concluded at Pontypridd Coroner’s Court on 2 July 2024. The jury, having heard evidence from 32 witnesses, concluded that RH died by “ligaturing himself in circumstances where his intention could not be…
The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, published his Final Report 20th May 2024. The Inquiry was established to examine the circumstances in which men, women and children were given infected blood or infected blood products in…
The Claimant was seriously injured in an incident that occurred in the First Defendant’s nightclub when her friend was pushed by the Second Defendant’s security staff who were traversing the floor of the venue in order to break up a…
Richard Wilkinson, instructed by Alex Brown of Dean Wilson solicitors, secured a lump sum award of £4.75m in damages for a 49 year old Claimant who was left with significant orthopaedic symptoms following an RTA in which she sustained multiple…
