Military Claims

Simon has a wealth of experience of handling high value military claims.

His experience includes claims involving orthopaedic and psychiatric injuries together with disease claims such as non-freezing cold injury (‘NFCI’) and noise induced hearing loss (‘NIHL’). He also has experience of dealing with more unusual claims such as one involving a former soldier who had contracted neuroschistosomiasis following exposure to parasite infested waters in Uganda and a claimant who suffered respiratory illness from inhaling chlorine dust while undertaking STP maintenance on board a Royal Navy vessel.

Simon is keen to become involved at an early stage whether that be by providing assistance with selection of medical and/or non-medical experts, preparation of pleadings or quantification of losses. However, he also has experience of picking up claims late in the day such as being parachuted in just a few days prior to a JSM.

Examples of claims that he has been involved in include:

KH v MOD – H sustained a modest back injury while conducting a fireman’s carry during a PT selection course. He went on to develop Functional Neurological Disorder and was profoundly disabled requiring alternative accommodation and lifetime care. Settled at JSM.

ASW v MOD – High Court claim. S contracted neuroschistosomiasis (bilharzia) following exposure to parasitic worm (schistosome) infested waters during a kayaking expedition in Uganda. ASW developed a spinal cord injury at L4 AIS D and conus and cauda equine inflammation. There was a lifetime need to self-catheterise due to urological issues. Settled at JSM.

H v MOD – Serious injury suffered when participating in a leaving ceremony for a commanding officer and the wheel of the trailer of a Rapier Missile launcher ran over H’s his leg leading to discharged MND as a result of his injuries.

K v MOD – Noise induced hearing loss suffered while a soldier in the Royal Signals.

H v MOD – Road traffic accident on the M1 involving military personnel.

HB v MOD – High Court claim involving an army recruit who suffered psychiatric illness during basic training and then sustained a serious leg injury when he ran into oncoming traffic after jumping from a moving car while being escorted home. Settled at JSM.

TO v MOD – NFCI claim. TO, a Private in the Army prior to being medically discharged,  alleged that he suffered a knee injury, NFCI and psychological illness during deployment at BATUS. Settled at JSM.

KH v MOD – C suffered psychiatric injury after being a passenger on the RAF Voyager transport jet which, while travelling to Afghanistan, plummeted 4,400ft after the pilot’s digital SLR camera became jammed against the cockpit side-stick control unit. Settled at JSM.

JR v MOD – C suffered severe Exertional Heat Stroke during a military training exercise in Cyprus. Settled via informal negotiation.

RK v MOD – C suffered respiratory illness after inhaling chlorine from a calcium hypochlorite tablet while undertaking STP maintenance on board a Royal Navy vessel in the port of Bahrain. Settled at JSM.

SL v MOD – High Court claim. C suffered life threatening and life changing injuries including burns, blast injury to his ears, inhalation injuries, possible brain injury and PTSD when a charge round exploded inside a tank during a training exercise.

JT v MOD – NFCI claim. C, a former Royal Marine, suffered cold injuries while on a training exercise in Norway.