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Lee
Collishaw
We are delighted to announce that we have secured 19 individual rankings in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2018.
Ropewalk Chambers has an established team of barristers who are specialists in the field of personal injury. The set is recognised for its broad mandate, ranging from industrial disease cases to abuse, RTA and stress claims. Members are regularly instructed by both defendants and claimants, with a recent highlight being Zurich Insurance -v- IEGL, a Supreme Court judgment granting insurers a new right when it comes to recovering costs in mesothelioma claims. Interviewees depict Ropewalk’s barristers as “approachable” and “able to provide an excellent service on a wide range of issues.“
The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on 14 March 2024, dismissing two conjoined appeals in cases of mesothelioma arising from asbestos exposure in the 1950s, Executors of the Estate of Thomas Albert White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (”White”) and Executrix of the Estate of Derek Barry Cuthbert v…
The High Court has handed down judgment in an important case dealing with the data protection obligations of NHS Trusts in respect of the collection and retention of patient medical records. The Claimant (anonymised as ‘YSL’ to protect privacy) brought a wide-ranging claim against the Defendant Foundation NHS Trust, seeking damages and erasure orders in…
Tom Carter appears in the Supreme Court in the case of Davies v Bridgend on the question of causation following his win in the Court of Appeal that damages for diminution in value of a property are recoverable in the absence of physical damage and are not pure economic loss: see Davies v Bridgend [2023] EWCA Civ…
