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Emma Northey, instructed by Pamela Clarke of South London Legal Partnership, acted for a local authority social services department in this Article 2 Inquest, which sought to establish how and in what circumstances Sophie came by her death. Sophie was…
Emma Northey, instructed by Ian Williams of Keoghs for the Second Defendant. Finding of fundamental dishonesty against the Claimant, whose evidence about the accident circumstances was rejected by the judge and whose damages claim “frankly collapsed” under cross-examination (by both…
Instructed by Pamela Clarke of South London Legal Partnership, Emma acted for two primary schools in this Article 2 Inquest before Dame Linda Dobbs DBE. Ellie was only 6 years old when she was murdered by her father, less than…
Instructed by Katie Watmough of Keoghs for the Defendant. Finding of fundamental dishonesty against the Claimant. The Claimant was an intelligent man, who had reviewed the bundle carefully and anticipated many of the questions that would be put in cross-examination….
Emma Northey was instructed on a claim which was dismissed. The judge was satisfied that the unusual circumstances in which the hire agreement came into being rendered it unenforceable against the Claimant, meaning that there was no loss to claim…
Claim dismissed. The Defendant’s submissions regarding both rate and period were preferred. The resulting sum was less than the Defendant’s interim payment.
Finding of fundamental dishonesty against the Claimant, whose two passenger witnesses had withdrawn their statements on the morning of the trial. Numerous inconsistencies within the papers were compounded by additional inconsistent evidence given under cross-examination. The judge was satisfied that…
Finding of fundamental dishonesty against the Claimant, on the basis that he had not in fact sustained any personal injury in a very minor road traffic accident. There was no mention of the alleged injuries in the Claimant’s GP notes….
