Representative (concluded) cases:

MS (RTA) – Maximum severity brain injury and poly-trauma case on behalf of pedestrian – disputed mental capacity and quantum – liability apportioned following split trial – approved settlement based on £7,750,000 valuation. (led)

CK & MH v MM (RTA) – Claim by three severely injured, young female passengers involved in high-speed road collision – contributory negligence (seatbelt and intoxication) and quantum in issue (representing two claimants, one died within a year of accident) – approved settlement of major claim based on £9,650,000 valuation. (led)

DE v Another (RTA) – Highly unusual claim in which C suffered serious spinal cord injury resulting in incomplete tetraplegia – C’s condition allegedly deteriorated when the driver removed his passenger from the scene to avoid detection by the police – complex issues of causation, contributory negligence, and quantum – settled based on capital valuation of more than £13,000,000. (led)

SR v A Trust (PL) – Claim on behalf of prior paraplegic who suffered secondary orthopaedic and spinal injury as the result of negligently installed OT equipment, giving rise to increase care requirements – top up payment of £1,040,000 negotiated at JSM before trial.

KL v A Firm (EL) – Claim for employee following traumatic arm amputation and associated shoulder injury – circumstances disputed, and contributory negligence alleged – life-expectancy in issue against background of alcoholism, mental health problems and smoking – net payment of £1,250,000 negotiated at JSM before trial. (led)

JM (RTA) – Maximum severity child pedestrian claim resulting in settlement on 100% liability basis with £1,850,000 lump sum with lifetime PPOs rising to £285,000 pa – instructed alone to deal with liability and led on quantum – particularly contentious on the issue of life expectancy and complicated by issues of Sharia law.

KB (RTA) – Serious brain damage and orthopaedic injuries – complex issues regarding pre-existing state when compared with post-accident mental condition – provisional damages settlement (epilepsy risk) approved based on £2,750,000 gross valuation. (led)

KS v A Firm (EL) – Traumatic below elbow amputation of non-dominant arm – negotiated staged redeployment as part of three-way JSM agreement between C, employer, and EL insurer with gross settlement of £650,000 (net of agreed reduction for contributory negligence), including private myoelectric prosthesis provision.

JM v B&Q (PL) – Complex claim for damages following C’s development of CRPS following minor crushing injury suffered whilst visiting the D’s premises – causation and quantum in issue – allegations of fundamental dishonesty rejected at trial – case settled for £775,000 shortly before hearing of D’s appeal, D meeting C’s costs of proceedings and appeal in full.

MO v A Firm (EL) – Complicated accident at work claim – employee suffering severe spinal fracture injury during corporate bonding leisure activity organised by employer – liability, causation, and quantum in issue – settled for £550,000 at JSM a few weeks before 1-week High Court trial on liability.

IC (RTA) – Claim on behalf of cyclist who suffered traumatic brain injury – liability admitted – complicated case involving six areas of medical speciality and complex career forecasting on behalf of graduate engineer, who made excellent recovery from injuries following effective rehabilitation and retained employment – £475,000 at JSM before trial.

NH (RTA) – Pedestrian claim, C suffering fractured skull, brain haemorrhage, fractured pelvis, and fractured cheek bone – settled for £1,250,000 within proceedings.

PC v A Firm & another (RTA & PL) – Claim against HGV driver and occupier of supermarket premises for lady who suffered traumatic transtibial amputation and other orthopaedic injuries when she was run over in a car park – case settled for £1,900,000 at JSM following local authority prosecution of occupier under HSWA 1974.

SS v A Local Authority (PL) – Historical abuse claim on behalf of adult who had been groomed and sexually abused by a caretaker whilst at secondary school in 1980s – limitation, liability, causation, and quantum in issue – arranged extended psychiatric rehabilitation under a bespoke without prejudice settlement protocol leading to £400,000 settlement at JSM.

HP v MAAF (RTA) – Claim against French insurer on behalf of English chalet host injured in fatal collision in ski resort – seven figure (Euro) settlement.

SR v A Firm & Others (EL) – Claim on behalf of paraplegic (complicated by unrelated progressive retinitis pigmentosa condition resulting in loss of sight) – lump sum of £1,750,000 and periodical payments rising to £125,000pa negotiated at JSM. (led)

CD (RTA) – Unusual FAA claim – deceased had, in addition to salary as construction professional, derived a substantial amount of income from ‘flipping’ properties with two projects underway and two contemplated at time of death – settled on without prejudice basis within proceedings for £660,000 at JSM (including substantial allowance for labour replacement costs and loss of profit on future projects).

GT v Another (RTA) – Complex claim on behalf of pedestrian who suffered brain injury as the result an attempted ‘hit and run’ following a Christmas work party – accident reconstruction evidence and five clinical specialisms required – contributory negligence (intoxication and observation) and causation in issue – £600,000 negotiated settlement shortly before trial.

RS v Another (RTA) – £750,000 settlement of serious lower limb polytrauma case at JSM – contested claim for care, adaptations, and equipment.

SF v A Firm (EL) – £450,000 provisional damages award following fully contested quantum trial – employee suffered lower limb DVT following fall – investigation revealed genetic predisposition to development of DVT – lifetime risk of chronic ulceration, vascular insufficiency, subsequent DVT and lower limb amputation – chronic pain and swelling compromising mobility and pre-accident employment as professional driver.

BL v A Firm (EL) – £750,000 settlement (net of 10% agreed reduction and CRU) at JSM – aspiring yachtsmen suffered severe lacerations resulting in 90% loss of function to dominant arm – C independent for self-care, but complicated issues surrounding career forecasting.

NW v MG (RTA) – £1,180,000 approved settlement following JSM frontal lobe injury, lower limb amputation and multiple orthopaedic injuries – liability, causation, and quantum in issue – life expectancy compromised owing to diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and cumulative effect of major injuries. (led)

VB v A Company (EL) – Highly contentious and unusual claim on behalf of pregnant worker who fell at work suffering a placental abruption at 28 weeks gestation – employer denied that the placental abruption was caused by the fall, requiring expert obstetric evidence on causation to be tested at trial – claim on behalf of mother for severe maternal complications and psychiatric injury and associated fatal accident claim (child died 45 minutes following emergency Caesarean section) – settled on without prejudice basis for six-figure sum (Court door capitulation) – also successful in interlocutory appeal before the Honourable Mr Justice Lewis regarding case management directions over causation evidence.

GG (RTA) – C suffered minor head injury leading to delayed subdural haemorrhage, which in turn led to pituitary dysfunction – primary injury and causation linkages denied – six-figure settlement reached, when D’s experts (neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychology, and endocrinology) ultimately agreed with the C’s team.

AD v MIB (RTA) – Six-figure settlement following contentious provisional damages application – multiple orthopaedic and internal injuries – provisional damages for lifetime risk of complications following repair of aortic rupture and pancreatitis.

SS (RTA) – Unusual FAA claim – whilst deceased had a temporary working visa, his widow was an over-stayer on student visa – D disputed couple’s likely immigration status, when widow was barred from returning to UK having returned to Pakistan for husband’s funeral – dependency claim ultimately established with expert immigration evidence – settled on without prejudice basis within proceedings for six-figure sum shortly before trial.

CP (RTA) – Subtle brain injury claim on behalf of HR professional – assessing impact of fatigue and specific cognition deficits on likely performance and career progression – settled on without prejudice basis within proceedings for six-figure sum.

Dr G v A Housing Association (PL) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of trainee paediatrician who suffered severely comminuted knee fracture following a slip in communal accommodation – complex quantum considerations with interruption and alleged compromise of professional development.

GG v CW (RTA) – Obtained six-figure award following contested quantum trial – HGV driver liable to suffer delayed post-traumatic arthritis with future impact upon employment – court preferred C’s approach (deferred ongoing partial loss on multiplier / multiplicand basis) to that of D (Blamire).

PH v A Construction (EL) – Six-figure settlement for employee losing sight in one eye having been provided with inadequate eye protection (provisional damages approved for risk of sympathetic ophthalmia following planned surgery).

HF v MIB (RTA) – Six-figure settlement for injured passenger arising from fatal road traffic accident – multiple orthopaedic, genitourinary, internal, and scarring injuries – major injury post-traumatic stress disorder (deceased driver was sibling) – negotiated and obtained court approval for appointment of professional case manager to facilitate successful rehabilitation of disabling psychiatric symptoms and other physical injuries.

GP v A Firm (EL) – 100% recovery at trial of manual handling / construction site accident – subsequently negotiated six-figure settlement of claim for development of CRPS.

LC v PR (RTA) – Six-figure settlement for pedestrian (trainee radiographer) suffering multiple orthopaedic injuries including capitate fracture – recovery complicated by late diagnosis and necrosis.

PC v WD (a firm) (EL) – Six-figure settlement at JSM (following successful rehabilitation) for employee suffering loss of sight in one eye and psychiatric injury following chemical burns at work.

LQ v MOD (EL) – Six-figure settlement at JSM (following successful rehabilitation of psychiatric symptoms) for soldier medically discharged following explosion during a training exercise – complex issues of career and pensions forecasting involving multiple experts.

HF v H Ltd (EL) – 100% recovery at trial of manual handling claim by female sales representative – subsequently negotiated six-figure settlement of future loss of earnings claim.

AQ v MW (RTA) – Six-figure settlement at JSM for motorcyclist suffering multiple injuries, including severe lower limb fracture.

VT v DS (FAA) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of dependents of pedestrian killed whilst walking along country road at night – use of accident reconstruction evidence to establish primary liability.

HW v CG (RTA) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of teenage motorcycle pillion passenger run over by construction vehicle – loss of child (22 weeks pregnant) and hysterectomy, severe orthopaedic, degloving and psychiatric injuries – claim for surrogacy expenses.

SM v A Firm (EL) – 100% recovery at trial in manual handling / construction accident – subsequently negotiated six-figure settlement of claim – employee developed chronic post-surgical pain following treatment for hand injury.

JB v AXA: SB v JB & AXA (RTA) – Represented C and Part 20 D in complex fatal road traffic accident – successful in resisting contribution proceedings, whilst securing wasted costs order against Part 20 C’s original advisers (successfully opposed subsequent costs appeal before Butterfield J – unreported).

JM v A Firm (EL) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of self-employed building contractor who suffered a severe elbow fracture with post-traumatic arthritis, compromising future loss of earnings capacity as contractor and property developer.

LG v A Firm (EL) – 100% recovery at liability trial concerning injury to print operative – parties unable to agree settlement and six-figure award secured at quantum trial, Judge accepting C’s pleaded case in full.

GH v A Firm (EL) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of employee suffering severe chemical burns to lower limb – chronic neuropathic pain.

CK v A Firm (EL) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of abattoir worker who suffered a severe crushing injury, traumatically amputating first toe and part of forefoot – substantial claim for care, aids and adaptations, loss of earnings and future orthotic provision.

ME v A School (FAA) – Six-figure settlement at JSM on behalf of wife and child dependent of self-employed contractor killed during negligently organised demolition works (represented family at jury inquest).

SC v A Firm (EL) – Six-figure settlement for employee losing sight in one eye following trauma (provisional damages approved for risk of sympathetic ophthalmia following anticipated future surgery) – successful vocational rehabilitation and redeployment with employer.

PB v A Firm (EL) – Six-figure settlement for construction worker following fall from height – loss of kidney, splenectomy, and psychiatric injury.

AO v Aviva (RTA) – Six-figure settlement at JSM for development of somatoform disorder – substantial care and accommodation claim.

ML v A Firm (EL) – Six-figure settlement at JSM on behalf of construction worker who suffered a fracture dislocation of the ankle causing permanent disablement – claim for loss of earnings, aids, adaptations, and transport.

SS v A Firm (EL) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of fiancée and dependents of insulation contractor killed when a scissor-lift malfunctioned (represented family at jury inquest).

JM v JH (RTA) – Six-figure settlement on behalf of motorcyclist who suffered multiple orthopaedic injuries in a fatal road traffic accident (represented C at inquest of third-party motorist who died at the scene) – claim for future treatment, retraining, loss of earnings, aids, adaptations, and orthotic provision.

HP v A Firm (FAA) – Six-figure settlement at JSM on behalf of wife and children of motorcyclist who collided with an oversized agricultural vehicle in the absence of an appropriate escort (represented family at inquest).

PS v Western Power (PL) – Six-figure settlement for C who suffered severe electrical burns whilst walking along footpath – underwent toe-to-hand transplant procedure to restore partial hand function – claim for curtailed career, consequential pension loss, aids, and adaptations.