News & Events
News & Events
Nathan Tavares KC will be speaking at the APIL Advanced Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Conference 2025 taking place on 14th – 16th May 2025 at The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is a not-for-profit campaign group which has been committed to helping injured people for more than 30 years. The two-day conference will focus on the latest advancements in brain and spinal cord injuries, where renowned medical consultants, expert witnesses, and leading practitioners will be offering invaluable insights into catastrophic injury cases. Nathan Tavares KC of Outer Temple Chambers, also a member of the JPIL Editorial Board, will be speaking alongside John McQuater of Switalskis Solicitors, Mark Harvey of Hugh James and Rachael Mulheron KC…
News 6 May, 2025
Gerard McDermott KC was one of the speakers at BABICM’s event ‘The Litigation Jigsaw – Fitting the Pieces Together’ on Thursday 23rd January 2025. He also Chaired the day’s event. The British Association of Brain injury and Complex Case Management (BABICM) is the leading membership organisation for professionals working in brain injury and complex case management. The event ‘The Litigation Jigsaw – Fitting the Pieces Together’ acted as a guide through the litigation journey to equip the developing case manager to understand where their role fits into the process from the outset of a case. It focused on the roles, responsibilities of the case manager and the expectations of all the key litigation professionals to provide an understanding of how…
News 23 Jan, 2025
Outer Temple’s Will Young has recently settled a brain injury claim for £525,000 as a result of a road traffic accident. Will was instructed by the Claimant in a case involving a cycling accident leading to brain injury. The Claimant was struck by a lorry driven by the Defendant’s employee when riding her bicycle. She suffered a traumatic brain injury, including a fractured skull leading to a craniotomy. Thankfully she made a good recovery, given the severity of the original injury, although it was complicated by significant psychiatric and psychological symptoms. She was able to return to work, albeit on reduced hours, and she would need a degree of care and assistance in future. She had not been wearing a helmet at…
News 17 Jun, 2024
Clinical negligence expert, Jonathan Hand KC secured a liability settlement and future wellbeing for FXZ, a 14 year old boy with brain injury following maternity delays. FXZ, the 14 year old claimant, has agreed a liability settlement with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after he suffered a severe brain injury following delays in his delivery. On 15th January 2024, a High Court Judge approved the settlement of 90% of the full value of the claim at a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, meaning that FXZ will now receive compensation from the NHS Trust to provide the life-long, round the clock care he requires. FXZ was born prematurely at 30 weeks. In early labour there were declarations in…
News 23 Jan, 2024
Will Young of Outer Temple Chambers has secured a seven figure settlement for his client in a traumatic brain injury case. Will Young, a personal injury barrister at Outer Temple Chambers was instructed by Victoria Berger of RWK Goodman in this claim. The claim involved an accident at work in which the Claimant fell though a hole in the floor on a building site as a result of negligence on the part of his employer, suffering a significant brain injury in the process, as well as spinal fractures. The Claimant was left with cognitive and vestibular deficits, as well as total loss of hearing on one side. He suffered from debilitating fatigue, which hindered his ability to return to work,…
News 21 Nov, 2023
Jonathan Hand KC, instructed by Matthew Heap of CL Medilaw, represented the Claimant who suffered severe brain damage at the time of his birth. In this case liability had already been admitted because of failings in the clinical care during his mother’s labour, leaving the amount of compensation to be decided by the Court. The parties agreed a settlement with a capital value of about £23 million which was approved in the High Court on 11 July. The settlement was structured to allow the Claimant to receive periodical payments for care and case management for his lifetime. Payments of £112,500 pa were ordered up to age 19, with the annual amount increasing to £235,000 pa thereafter for the remainder of…
News 18 Jul, 2023
Tom Gibson acted recently for a claimant, a young high-flying teacher, who suffered a fractured skull and brain injury in a ‘freak’ road traffic accident. While driving on the A1, a sheet of metal flew through her windscreen and sliced her skull open. Over the next few years, the claimant attempted, courageously but ultimately unsuccessfully, to return to her career as a senior teacher. However, she eventually came to the very sad realisation that her teaching career – and her ambition to progress to being a headteacher – was over, due to the continuing effects of her brain injury. Tom was instructed by the claimant’s solicitor, Lesley Edwards at Barratts Solicitors, who brought a claim via the MIB’s Untraced Drivers’…
News 31 Aug, 2022
Ben Bradley has successfully represented a cyclist in a personal injury claim after he sustained life changing brain injuries in a road traffic accident. Ben’s client, WH, was hit by a lorry whilst cycling to work when the lorry driver accelerated to try and clear a junction before the traffic lights turned red. The light had in fact turned red before the lorry passed through, leading to a collision with WH. WH was knocked unconscious and was taken to hospital. He had sustained skull fractures, a subarachnoid haemorrhage and brain contusions. He also suffered post-traumatic amnesia. He was in hospital for approximately seven weeks and required considerable care and assistance from his family at home afterwards. Prior to the accident…
News 31 May, 2022
Nathan Tavares QC was invited to speak at the APIL Advanced Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Conference in Wales in May on two recent notable cases with JPIL colleagues. Nathan Tavares QC, a member of the JPIL Editorial Board as well as a barrister at Outer Temple Chambers, was invited to join his JPIL colleagues on stage at the APIL Advanced Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Conference 2022 for the ‘JPIL Case and Comment’ segment on the final day of the conference. The conference was held at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales on 18th – 20th May and was also available to attend remotely. This annual event updated attendees on the most recent and advanced developments in…
News 20 May, 2022
Jonathan Hand QC, instructed by CL Medilaw, represented the Claimant who suffered severe brain damage at the time of her birth. In this case, liability had already been settled on the basis that the Claimant would receive 90% of the full value of the claim, leaving the amount of compensation to be decided by the Court. Following further consideration of the claim, the High Court approved a settlement with a capital value of over £22 million (equivalent to over £24.5 million on a full liability basis). The settlement was structured so as to allow the Claimant to receive periodical payments for care and case management for her lifetime. In addition, annual payments of £265,000 were ordered up to age 25,…
News 7 Jan, 2022
