Personal Injury News

3PB Barristers are proudly supporting the Child Brain Injury Trust by participating in the Tough Mudder 2019 race, taking place on 12th April 2019 at Finsbury Park, London. The Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT) is the leading charity providing practical and emotional support to over 8,000 children each year who have suffered a brain injury - along with their parents, brothers and sisters - anybody who has been affected.  What really sets CBIT apart is...

3PB is delighted to welcome Angela Grahame QC (Scot) to 3PB. Angela becomes the first female QC from the Scottish Bar to practice at the Bar in England and Wales. This move comes in the year that many in the legal profession around the UK are marking the Centenary of Women in the Law and notable female ‘firsts’.

The voting has now closed for the 2019 Women in Law Awards. 3PB barrister Emma Waldron is one of a select few to be nominated by voters in the Personal Injury category of the Lawyer Monthly’s annual awards dedicated to women in the legal sector. With the legal profession traditionally being male-dominated, Lawyer Monthly aims to recognise the struggles female lawyers overcome, in order to be the best for their clients. Likewise, 3PB are proud...

In her latest case summary, Henrietta Hughes provides an analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 6. Click here to view her analysis.

3PB’s Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Group are delighted to be supporting The Child Brain Injury Trust by sponsoring and organising the inaugural Midlands Golf Day & Dinner on Tuesday 21st May at Olton Golf Club. This golf day will help raise crucial funds for the Child Brain Injury Trust and highlight the fine work the charity undertakes. The Child Brain Injury Trust was established by a group of health professionals in 1991 to research and provide...

3PB is delighted to further strengthen its expanding Personal Injury team with the addition of Eloise Turnnidge. Eloise represents both Claimants and Defendants, regularly appearing at trials and interim application hearings. She advises on all aspects of litigation, including liability, quantum, indemnity and strategy. Prior to joining the Bar, Eloise worked in the employers and public liability team of a major Defendant firm, where she gained a depth of experience and an interest in claims...

3PB is pleased to announce its recruitment of barrister Sarah Mynard, a highly successful personal injury litigator and solicitor-advocate who has been the director of Wisdom Law, her own dental negligence practice since 2009. Sarah has over 25 years experience, qualifying as a solicitor in 1991 and becoming a barrister last year. She holds the Solicitors' Civil Higher Rights of Audience qualification which has enabled her to represent her clients in the Higher Courts in...

Properly-enforced safety procedures would have prevented the death of a dock worker crushed by a container, an inquest jury has concluded. Mieczyslaw 'Mitch' Siwak, 34, from Bognor Regis, was killed at Flathouse Quay, Portsmouth, in 2017. MMD Shipping Services, which operates the site, said it had introduced new safety measures since his death. A jury at Portsmouth Coroner's Court, concluded Mr Siwak's death was accidental. The BBC's coverage of the case said: 'Jurors were previously...

3PB’s personal injury barrister Luke Ashby has been appointed by the Senior President of Tribunals as a part-time Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber). He will be hearing appeals concerning social security, support for asylum seekers as well as appeals against decisions of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. Luke – who was called to the Bar in 2007 – is highly regarded for his work in the field of personal injury. He will...

The Personal Injury team has published its latest update including the latest on the Commons amendments regarding the Civil Liability Bill as considered by the House of Lords in November 2018. Read the full update here

In his latest article, Ikeni Mbako-Allison examines Hislop v Perde [2018] EWCA Civ 1726 and the cost consequences of accepting a Part 36 offer late in former RTA and EL/PL Protocol Claims. Click here to read his analysis.

Susan Jones successfully opposed High Court Appeal before Mrs Justice Lambert Arising out of a Public Trial, at which Susan acted for the Claimant at First instance, the Appellate Local Authority challenged a decision of a Circuits Judge on 5 Grounds, which Susan categorised under two headings: Whether the Judge was wrong to allow the Claimant’s oral application to rely on his witness statement, which despite his inability to read had not been verified by...