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Motability vehicles for the spinal cord injured claimant
Posted: 10/01/2022
Warren Collins, solicitor-advocate and partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper, looks at the interplay between the Motability Scheme and the personal injury claim process. The Motability Scheme is a wonderful resource available to disabled drivers or passengers who are in receipt of the higher or enhanced mobility component......>>
Watching the detectives – the relevance of criminal proceedings to securing damages in a civil claim
Posted: 08/10/2021
Road traffic accident cases for victims of serious injuries often involve two distinct legal processes. While the personal injuries team at Penningtons Manches Cooper will assist the injured client in pursuing a claim for damages as a civil claim, the police can decide to bring a criminal prosecution against the driver responsible for the accident......>>
A tale of two cities: pursuing a personal injury claim in the UK from another country
Posted: 26/04/2021
Being involved in an accident when visiting another country can, at best, ruin a holiday and, at worst, cause catastrophic injuries. As if that were not bad enough, sustaining injuries away from home makes everything after the accident more complicated, including deciding where to have treatment for those injuries...…>>
Contract tracing: thinking outside the box in personal injury claims
Posted: 01/04/2021
Ask any law student about tort and they will be sure to regale the story of the snail in the ginger beer bottle that formed the basis of the law of negligence in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson in 1932. In this article, Warren Collins, partner and solicitor-advocate at Penningtons Manches Cooper, looks at the role of contract law in those tricky injury claims...…>>
Clockwise: time waits for no one … and neither does the Senior Courts Costs Office
Posted: 23/03/2021
Warren Collins, partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper and lead solicitor for the claimant in Masten v London Britannia Hotels [2020] EWHC B31 (Costs), explains how the lyrics of iconic rock tracks and life lessons from his paternal grandfather, Papa, have proved valuable in his practice as a claimant injury lawyer...…>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper named in UK litigation top 50 report
Posted: 16/10/2020
The high quality and broad range of Pennington Manches Cooper’s litigation expertise has been recognised in this year’s edition of The Lawyer UK Litigation 50, which positions the firm at 38 in the list of top 50 litigation law firms......>>
Righting a wrong by reversionary interest in Swift v Carpenter: a welcome and comprehensive reformulation of the law
Posted: 09/10/2020
Personal injury specialists Warren Collins and Louise Taylor reflect on today’s landmark Court of Appeal judgment in Swift v Carpenter. The purpose of damages in personal injury cases is to put the injured accident victim back into the (financial) position he/she would have been in had the accident not taken place...…>>
Travel law team secures £14.5 million settlement on behalf of client with catastrophic injuries
Posted: 22/09/2020
The High Court has approved a settlement of £14.5 million, secured on behalf of an anonymous protected party, for catastrophic injuries caused by a road accident in France. The settlement was agreed in line with French law principles in accordance with the Rome II Regulation...…>>

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