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James Arney KC, instructed by Grant Incles from Leigh Day, appeared on behalf of a 43-year-old Claimant who suffered a below the knee amputation as an RTA passenger. Damages were secured for £4.1 million at the quantum only trial. William…
Acting on behalf of the Defendant insurers, James Arney KC successfully argued that notwithstanding delays in disclosing other surveillance footage until 2 months before a trial window, it was in the interest of justice to allow the Defendant to rely…
Instructed by Irwin Mitchell, James Arney KC secured a £650,000 settlement on behalf of a 55 year-old care worker who sustained severe leg and ankle injuries in an RTA. The claim was originally pleaded at about £737,000, but increased to…
A costs dispute arose following the conclusion of Knauer v The Ministry of Justice, the long-awaited case which provided the Supreme Court with an opportunity to correct Cookson v Knowles as to multipliers in fatal accident claims. Contested costs matters…
£800,000 settlement for a claimant who sustained multiple injuries when she, her friend and her sister were run down by a motorist.
Successful costs appeal, establishing that a trial had not “commenced” for the purpose of triggering a 100% fixed uplift, despite the parties, their witnesses and advocates attending for 1.5 days on the date fixed for trial. Successive adjournment applications were…
