Insights

I was instructed by Mrs M following an accident in April 2012. Mrs M was visiting a large clothing store based on Oxford Street with her two teenage granddaughters. She was walking down a set of inter...

My last blog concerned the death of another cyclist on London’s streets. On a similar topic the Metropolitan Police has now released figures from 2014 confirming an increase in the amount of cycl...

On Monday 22 June 2015, Ying Tao, a 26 year old female cyclist was killed in a collision with a tipper truck in Bank, Central London. She was the eighth cyclist to die on London’s roads this year...

The Limitation Act 1980 plays a significant part in personal injury litigation. It stipulates that injured claimants have 3 years from the date of their accident (or date of knowledge of injury) in w...

Since the coalition Government came to power in May 2010 it has made a systematic attack on the civil legal system in England and Wales. From the removal of legal aid from many areas of civil law to t...

I acted for Ms M in a claim for compensation following an accident at a hotel she was staying at in Cornwall in April 2011. Ms M tripped on a defective staircase and inverted her right ankle causing s...

This article explains the case of a 'Brazilian national who suffered a catastrophic brain injury while residing in London. It deals with her legal team's efforts to repatriate her and to ensure that s...

There has been a recent amendment to CPR 35.4 [x] which may have been unnoticed by some practitioners but not by the judiciary. CPR 35 relates to the use of expert evidence within civil proceedings...