Education:
Sheffield University LL.B (Hons)
Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award to Inner Temple
Areas
of Practice
Practice includes general civil litigation and family law. Specialises
principally in personal injury work, particularly industrial diseases.
Industrial Tribunal and EAT work.
Public Access:
Authorised by the Bar Council for Public Access work. Accepts
instructions mainly in employment work.
Personal Injury
Acts for claimants and defendants, including DTI and has considerable
experience of group actions. Represented the DTI in the Wistow Fumes
litigation, involving leakage of carbon monoxide at the colliery. Group
actions for Claimants include asthma claims, industrial deafness and
vibration white finger. Personal injury work includes RTA, high value
claims and dyslexia claims.
Family
Includes care work, representing parents and guardians. Involved in
complicated non-accidental injury cases. Also ancillary relief work.
Employment law
Regularly acts for parties in the Employment Tribunal
Recent Cases Include
Court of Appeal Cases:
Doherty
v Rugby Joinery (UK) Ltd [2004] EWCA Civ 147
Montracon Ltd v Gregory Whalley [2005] EWCA Civ 1383
Rugby Joinery (UK) Ltd v Pamela Whitfield [2005] EWCA Civ 561
These are leading cases in HAVS litigation.
Group Action:
Bulmer & Ors v Noel Village (lawtel 29/11/2007): asthma group
action at Sheffield County Court
Maxfield & Ors v ATS: HAVS group action at Leeds County Court
January 2008.
Family Division:
West Yorkshire Police v M & A District Council (lawtel 04/12/2007):
case concerning disclosure for criminal prosecution of evidence in care
proceedings.
Supplementary
Information
Regularly lectures and provides seminars in personal
injury litigation for solicitors and doctors.
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