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Example Cases
Compensation Cases
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| Accident at Work |
Date settled:
January 2007
Details:
The Claimant was injured whilst at work lifting a sandbag. He sustained a serious injury to his back. His employers went into liquidation and the insurers refused to deal with the claim. The matter was transferred to us from a North London practice as they had terminated our client’s agreement. They could not help. We took over the case and negotiated with the insurers.
Outcome:
We settled the claim with the insurers for £217,000.00. Our client was able to use the proceeds to buy himself a home.
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| Partnership dispute |
Date Settled
June 2007 in the High Court
Details
A partnership dispute was referred to us by one of our Panel members. Proceedings were issued against our clients in Liverpool High Court and finally transferred at the Claimant’s request to London. On the fifth day the Claimant abandoned the case against our client and was ordered to pay all of our clients costs.
Outcome:
The Claimant having started the claim against our clients abandoned the claim. A business client incredibly happy to have successfully defended a share in his business. |
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| Injury on a train |
Date settled:
April 2007
Details
This client was one of the last victims to have settled his claim arising from the Hatfield train crash disaster. He had previously consulted two firms of solicitors, one with a national name for this area of law. He was not happy with the advice and was subsequently referred to us by member of our panel.
We obtained additional medical evidence from a psychiatrist. Obtained judgment on liability.
Outcome:
The claim was settled on the basis of our client’s injuries for a sum of £30,000.00.
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| Accident in the Road |
Date settled:
May 2007
Details
The Claimant was a rising star in the hairdressing world. Unfortunately she was injured in a road traffic accident. Luckily, she was referred to us by a law firm on our panel. We immediately issued legal proceedings.
Outcome:
We had a round table meeting leading to a settlement in the sum of £250,000.00.
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| Accident on the road |
Date settled
December 2004
Case History
The Claimant approached us on being referred by our law firm on our Panel. She was seriously injured whilst getting out of a car on a main road in North London. We obtained both orthopaedic and psychological expert evidence on her behalf. The third parties insurers continually denied liability and proceedings had to be issued.
Outcome
Part way through the proceedings in Court our client accepted a sum of £30,000.00 in full and final settlement of her claim. Our satisfied client has used the settlement damages to purchase a home abroad. |
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| Accident in a public place |
Date settled
December 2006
Details
The Claimant was referred to us by our panel law firm. She was injured in a car park whilst taking her grandchildren to the local swimming pool. She sustained a serious injury to her lower limb. We obtained witness statements and medical evidence on her behalf leading to the public liability insurers to settle her claim without commencing legal proceedings.
Outcome
Our client accepted an offer of £37,500.00 with legal costs
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| Accident at work |
Date settled
January 2005
Details
Our Claimant was an employee of Tesco Superstores and was injured whilst at work. Whilst on the face of it she had suffered relatively minor physical injury this escalated into serious long terms problems. Our client was referred to us by a law firm. We obtained specialist medical evidence to support the argument of development of complication from a minor injury. On the anniversary of the limitation period Tesco’s finally agreed to deal with our claim and offered to settle.
Outcome
Our client accepted the sum of £50,000.00 in full and final settlement of her claim. |
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| Accident in a public place |
Date settled
June 2004
Details
Our client visited Tesco Superstores in her locality and slipped whilst there on an egg yolk. Our client was referred to us by our principal’s former colleague who had instigated the claim. The Tesco Superstore and their solicitors had made strong representation on their responsibility. We took over the claim, obtained the relevant witness statements and medical evidence. We purchased Legal Expense Cover for our client and were on the verge of issuing legal proceedings in the matter when an offer was made. This was accepted by our client.
Outcome
Our client accepted the sum of £6,500.00 with contributions towards her legal costs.
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| Accident on the road |
Date settled
June 2004
Details
Our client was a young girl travelling with her grandmother when being involved in a road traffic accident. We had dealt with her grandmother’s claim. Her parents were not aware of her right to pursue a claim and had left the matter in abeyance for some time. On having settled her grandmother’s claims we were approached by the parents.
Our client has sustained both physical and psychological injuries arising out of the accident. We obtained evidence from a neurologist, a psychiatrist and an orthopaedic expert.
Outcome
Proceedings were issued and the matter was finally settled near our clients 18th birthday in the sum of £25,000.00. We have just learnt that our client has now married and with the benefits of the financial compensation is moving abroad.
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