21st September 2022
James Marwick has secured back to back fundamental dishonesty findings for insurer clients in trials this week and last in the County Court. In AH (1) & SW (2) v AA Underwriting Limited, the two claimants had brought late notified claims for alleged whiplash injuries sustained in a low speed collision. The claims were dismissed…
17th November 2021
Personal Injury barrister, James Marwick was recently successful in securing a finding of fundamental dishonesty on appeal in the reported case of Cornish v Darnley. This case was notable because the appeal arose out of one of the first remote trials conducted in the weeks after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. James was instructed…
29th June 2021
A fraudulent claimant, Mr Mohammed Yaqub Kabil was jailed for six months in contempt proceedings that flowed from a public liability multi-track trial in which Darren Lewis of our Personal Injury team secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty. 53-year-old Kabil had brought his personal injury claim against the Walsall Council back in 2015, after alleging…
30th March 2020
Andrew Mclaughlin has successfully defended one of the largest FD cases to be tried in the past 12 months. The claimant Gavin Wheeler suffered a severe trimalleolar fracture of the ankle when a car ran over his foot. Liability was admitted. Mr Wheeler brought a claim for damages totalling in excess of £850,000 on the…
27th November 2019
St John’s Chambers sponsored the University of West of England (UWE) 2019 Mooting Competition, and on Thursday, 21st November was the final of the three stage mooting competition at UWE, with the results being announced. The winner was Monica Young and the runner up, Ella White who have both received a mini pupillage experience at…
