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Accident Claims Laws & Personal Injury Law Cases in the UK

Gavin Slessor v. Vetco Gray UK Ltd & c [2007] CSOH 59

On 13 May 2003 the pursuer was working in Aberdeen in the course of his employment with the defenders when a control module weighing 1.7 tons fell from a crane and struck him causing him severe injuries, including amputation of the right leg and arm. Here the pursuer sought damages from the defende......

Gawler v. Raettig, unreported, HL, 13/6/07

Gaynor v Central West London Buses Ltd. [2006] EWCA Civ 1120 (28 July 2006)

Legal Services & Funding: A solicitors' retainer letter that stated that no charge would be made for pre-litigation services if the opponent disputed the claim and the client decided not to pursue it, was not a conditional fee agreement because those services were not "litigation services" within t......

Geary v, JD Whetherspoon Plc, QBD, 14/06/11

General Medical Council, R (on the application of) v Kemm [2006] EWHC 52 (Admin) (12 January 2006)

GMC Proceedings. In the circumstances, the GMC had not owed a duty of fairness to the Singapore Medical Council in deciding not to pursue a charge against a GMC-registered doctor who had been found guilty of professional misconduct in Singapore. ......

Genevra Pope (As Personal Representative of Jason Pope) v Energem Mining (IOM) Ltd (Formerly Branch Energy Ltd) (2011), (2011), EWCA, Civ, 1043

The judge at first instance had appeared to have made an arithmetical error in determining the sum for which judgment should be given and the appeal was to that extent allowed. Permission to appeal on costs was refused as there was no realistic prospect of success on appeal. The Claimant complained......

George King v. Quarriers [2006] CSOH 158

The pursuer sought damages in respect of physical injuries sustained as a result of alleged assaults in the home and "delayed" post traumatic stress disorder allegedly caused by the treatment he received there. The defenders plead that the action was time barred under section 17 of the Prescription......

George King v. Quarriers [2006] CSOH 158

The pursuer sought damages in respect of physical injuries sustained as a result of alleged assaults in the home and "delayed" post traumatic stress disorder allegedly caused by the treatment he received there. The defenders plead that the action was time barred under section 17 of the Prescription......

George v. Eagle Air Services Ltd (Saint Lucia) [2009] UKPC 21 (12 May 2009)

Res Ipsa Doctrine Applies to Air Crashes:The Privy Council held that the maxim of res ipsa loqitur was potentially of great importance in plane crash cases owing to the difficulty of discharging proof in aviation matters. Although courts in the past had been reluctant to apply the maxim to air cras......

Germaine v Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust [2013] All ER (D) 248 (Jan) - 31/01/13

The Claimant was a nurse who brought a claim for a serious back injury sustained in a lifting accident in the course of her employment with the NHS. The Claimant lifted some heavy seats in a hospital waiting area, replacing them so that elderly and frail patients could sit when waiting for appointm......

Ghaith v Indesit Co UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 642 - 17/05/12

On 17.05.12, the Court of Appeal gave judgment allowing the Claimant's appeal in Ghaith v Indesit Co UK Ltd, [2012] EWCA Civ 642, [2012] All ER (D) 205 (May). The case centred on Regulation 4 of the Manual Handling Regulations 1992, the Claimant having suffered a back injury when clearing out his e......

Gloria Jean Urquhart v Fife Primary Care NHS Trust[2007] CSOH 02

This was an ordinary action for damages in reparation for personal injury. The pursuer averred that she sustained injury on 25/8/98 whilst she was working in the course of her employment with the defenders as a Grade C Enrolled Nurse at the Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, Fife. She averred th......

Goldsmith v. Patchcott, CA), 27/02/12

Court Of Appeal Consideration Of The Voluntary Assumption Of Risk Defence Pursuant To Section 5(2) Of The Animals Act 1971The Court of Appeal dismissed the Appellant's appeal against the decision that the Respondent was not strictly liable for the injuries she sustained whilst she was riding a hors......

Goodman v Faber Prest Steel [2013] EWCA Civ 153 - 05/03/13

This claim arose from a road traffic accident on 26 February 2004. Liability was admitted subject to a 1/3 reduction in respect of contributory negligence. The Claimant maintained that he had suffered from pain in both knees, lower back and neck. The Defendant's position was that other than ......

Goodwin v Bennetts UK Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1374 (11 December 2008)

Appeal Allowed in Part in RSI Claim:Allowing her appeal in part, the Court of Appeal held that although the amount of typing that the Claimant was required to do by her employer was not such as to cause a reasonable employer to foresee any risk of personal injury, the reduction that was made when t......

Gorne v Scales & Ors [2006] EWCA Civ 311 (29 March 2006)

Value of confidential information. A judgment on an inquiry as to damages suffered by a partner by reason of misuse by former partners of confidential information following the dissolution of the partnership was set aside where the master had misdirected himself as to the correct method of valuing......

Goundry v Hepworth, CA (Civ Div) 30/11/2005

Graeme Morrison v. Andrea Maree Gardiner

Only live issue concerns the defenders averments of contributory negligence.Consideration of evidence. ......

Grandison v East Lothian Council ? Haddington Sheriff Court, 28 February 2008

The Pursuer was employed by the Defenders as a slater/builder. He and a colleague were instructed to remove slabs from the garden of a property owned by the Defenders. Part of the operation involved breaking up a concrete block and they did so using a pickaxe and a large hammer. As the Pursuer trie......

Gray v Botwright [2014] EWCA Civ 1201 - 09/07/14

The Court of Appeal revisited the "coincidence of location" fallacy argument previously coined in Whittle v Bennett [2006] EWCA Civ 1538. Coincidence of location fallacy arises where a defendant acts negligently and, as a result of that negligence, he is in a position where an accident occurs, b......

Gray v Thames Trains & Ors [2009] UKHL 33 (17 June 2009)

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