Case studies

Our commercial dispute resolution team has acted for a UK-based rubber manufacturer against its former exclusive US distributor over the supply of car mats for car manufacturers throughout the US. The case involved complex jurisdictional disputes in relation to the appropriate forum for the claim to be heard.

Our corporate and commercial teams advised Tata on its joint venture with Boeing, establishing Tata Boeing Aerospace to co-produce Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages and other aerostructures, as well as to pursue integrated systems in aerospace.

Our client was an elderly lady who had been holidaying in Devon. On the day of her departure, she emptied her wardrobe and as she did so the wardrobe, which had been placed in an unstable position before her arrival, toppled over. The wardrobe knocked our client down to the floor and she suffered injuries to her ankle, shoulder and back.

Our client, a hotel guest, was walking through a North London hotel car park at night when she tripped over a lowered parking bollard which was camouflaged by the paving stones, causing a tear to a tendon in her right knee which required surgery.

Our client was cycling on a busy road when he was suddenly knocked off his bicycle by a wooden bed base which had not been properly secured to the defendant’s vehicle.

We concluded a claim on behalf of a cyclist who was injured while travelling to work. He was wearing a cycle helmet and appropriate cycle clothing but was hit by the large wing mirror of a transit vehicle which had been travelling behind him at a significant speed.

We are currently acting for a 40 year old woman knocked off her bicycle at speed. She sustained multiple bleeds to the brain and remained off work for some six months after the accident. Liability has been admitted although arguments are being raised over contributory negligence on account of our client’s failure to wear a cycle helmet.

Our personal injury team represented the wife of a man who was killed in a cycling accident in the Peak District when a motorbike lost control on a corner and hit him head on.

We have acted for a client who was involved in an incident where he was ‘doored’ by a car driver as he cycled past. His bike was extensively damaged and was taken to a cycle shop where he asked for it to be made roadworthy and safe to use. Two weeks afterwards, he had a second cycling accident when the carbon forks collapsed causing him to hit his head and fracture his cheekbone.

We recovered compensation for our client, a keen cyclist who was training for a competitive triathlon when hit by a car, sustaining serious injuries.

We settled a claim against the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for its failure to counsel a patient about the risks of sustaining further perineal trauma after developing a third degree anal sphincter tear during her first delivery which required surgical repair, following which she had a number of complications.

We advised a client on a claim for delays in the diagnosis and treatment of her appendicitis at St Helier’s Hospital in Surrey. She was admitted to the hospital with severe pain in the right iliac fossa, vomiting and a high temperature and was placed under the care of the surgical team.