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R v X & X

Dominic Adamson secured acquittals of two organisations, a parent and a subsidiary, charged with breaches of s.3 of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (the duty to ensure safety of non-employees).  The subsidiary was also charged with…

07/03/2024

H v. L & Another

£3.6m settlement for a 35-year-old self-employed engineer with his own business who sustained a moderately severe TBI, orthopaedic and abdominal injuries in a road accident. The TBI led to epilepsy which proved difficult to manage with medication. The TBI left…

20/02/2024

Inquest touching upon the death of Thomas Orchard

Nicholas Moss KC and Harriet Gilchrist were instructed as Counsel to the Inquest in a 7 week Inquest into the death of Thomas Orchard before the Senior Coroner for Exeter and Greater Devon Philip Spinney. The inquest heard evidence from…

18/01/2024

R (NC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 1379

Sian Reeves represented the Secretary of State for the Home Department in an immigration statutory appeal before the Court of Appeal (Newey LJ, Snowden LJ and Whipple LJ). The appeal concerned a narrow issue about the application of the “very significant…

23/11/2023

M v. N

£775,000 settlement for a 44-year-old teacher who sustained a migraine variant balance disorder following a blow to her heard from a falling whiteboard. Causation was denied. Marcus represented the Claimant. She developed classic signs of BPPV and migraine variant balance…

23/11/2023

MUHAMMAD AMJAD -v- UK INSURANCE LTD

Paul McGrath appeared in an interesting appeal before Ritchie J. and dealing with the disapplication of QOCS under CPR 44.16(2) and, in particular, whether a claim is made for the financial benefit of a Claimant or whether it is made…

21/11/2023

CJ (a protected party) v L

Lionel (instructed by David Johnson at DAC Beachcroft) represented the Defendant in a complex High Court pedestrian brain and catastrophic injury case pleaded at circa £7 million. Primary liability and contributory negligence remained in dispute, with evidence from accident reconstruction…

17/11/2023

A v R & LV

Settlement of £4.81 million in amputation claim for former CEO Lionel Stride (instructed by Tracey Benson and Mark Jackson of Slater & Gordon) represented a claimant who suffered a transtibial amputation after a motorcycle collision. A settlement of £4.81 million…

17/11/2023

Inquest in to the death of PS Matt Ratana

Dominic Adamson KC acted on behalf of Su Bushby in the inquest into the death of her partner, Sergeant Matt Ratana, who was murdered by Louis De Soysa in a holding cell at Croydon Custody Centre following his arrest in…

15/11/2023

H v EKHU NHS FT

Seven figure settlement in High Court clinical negligence case arising from negligent failure to diagnose cauda equina syndrome Lionel Stride (instructed by Emma Doughty and Joanne Warren of Slater & Gordon), represented a claimant who suffered severe injuries as a…

14/11/2023

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