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2016

Roger Hiorns represents gold medalist Paralympian Karen Darke in serious injury claim

Roger Hiorns’ client Karen Darke has won gold at the Rio Paralympics. Having won a silver medal in the H1-3 time trials at London 2012 she was involved in an accident whilst training and it was feared she would not make a…

Christopher Stephenson represents army veteran wrongly tasered by police

Christopher Stephenson represented an army veteran who had been wrongly tasered by the police in Luton, securing an award of £50,000 which is one of the highest paid in this type of case. Michael (not his real name) was a British Army…

Stuart McKechnie chairs the 2016 Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference

On 30th Sep 2016 Stuart McKechnie will be chairing the 2016 Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference at Peterhouse College. The event, now in its 6th year, is unique in bringing together legal and medical practitioners with the aim of improving understanding and communication…

William Dean represents family at inquest in which coroner noted ‘serious failings’ in medical care

On 13th September 2016, the Senior Coroner for Essex conducted an inquest into the death of Gary Page. Mr Page died of a myocardial infarction (a heart attack) at home in the early morning of 25th February 2016. On the evening of…

Zane Gbangbola Inquest – Coroner delivers findings

The Senior Coroner for Surrey, Richard Travers, has delivered his Findings and Conclusions in the Inquest touching the death of Zane Gbangbola, who died at his home in Chertsey, Surrey, during the night of 7th February 2014.  
At the time…

Families of those killed in the Tunisia beach massacre fear Government has succumbed to tour operators

Andrew Ritchie QC, representing 17 of the families involved in the Tunisia beach massacre at the Inquest, said: “There is a line of thinking from the families that the FCO may have failed in their responsibility to the 60,000 British citizens who…

Laura Briggs writes on Re W (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 793

This judgment, handed down by the Court of Appeal just before the Summer break, is an appeal from the judgment of Bodey J in which an application for adoption was refused because a realistic placement with family carers, who had been unaware…

Getting your hands on an undisclosed expert report

When the other side wants to change expert are you entitled to their original expert’s reports and other documentation containing the substance of the expert’s opinion? This was the question considered in the case Allen Tod Architecture v Capita Property and…

Getting your hands on an undisclosed expert report and more

When the other side wants to change expert are you entitled to their original expert’s reports and other documentation containing the substance of the expert’s opinion? This was the question considered in the case Allen Tod Architecture v Capita Property and…

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