how we helped our clients

Here are some case studies that illustrate the best examples of what we have achieved for our clients

Royal Marine's accident
A Royal marine was knocked off a bicycle and as a result of the accident he suffered serious brain damage. The documented issues included; an argument over use of a cycle helmet. In this case full compensation in excess of £3 million was recovered for the client including the cost of accommodation and 24 hour care for life. This is still the leading Court of Appeal case relating to the effect of statutory provision on entitlement to damages.

Lorry Driver's accident
A Lorry driver suffered paraplegia when a vehicle tipped over due to an unstable load. The defendants argued that excessive speed was causative of the accident. We recovered £1.4 million for the claimant and also fund managed in-house until the claimant returned to his native homeland of New Zealand.

A Child's accident
We acted for a child who was hit by the wing mirror of a van when aged 9½. Although the van driver alleged that the client had been at fault for stepping into the road, liability was awarded 100% to the client at trial. The defendant appealed to the Court of Appeal but lost the case. At an assessment, the client was awarded damages of £3.7m.

David v Schrogin
We successfully defended an appeal to the court of appeal in June 2006. The case, Davis v Schrogin, is of importance because the Court of Appeal set out the important principle that there is no general rule for motorcyclists that overtaking a stationary queue of vehicles will always amount to an act of contributory negligence where a 3rd party pulls out of the traffic into collision with the motorcyclist. The case has just been reported in Butterworths Personal Injury Law Service, it was previously reported on Lawtel, and an article on the case and its consequences was published in The Motorcycle Action Group publication “ The Road” in November 2006.