Recent cases include:

Members of the personal injury team have appeared in many recent high-profile cases in both the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal including A v Hoare [2008] UKHL 6 (landmark House of lords decision on the limitation period in cases involving deliberate sexual assault); Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2009] UKHL 27 (House of lords ruling on the construction of the PUWER); Cobham Hire Services v Eeles [2009] EWCA Civ 204 (Court of Appeal decision on interim payments in large claims); Peters v East Midlands SHA [2008] EWHC 778 (leading Court of Appeal decision on whether a claimant has the right to opt for self-funding of future care and accommodation in preference to reliance on the statutory obligations of a public authority); E H Humphries (Norton) Ltd v Fire Alarm Fabrication Services Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1496 (circumstances in which a duty of care arises from a contractor's right to supervise the work of a sub-contractor); Hawley v Luminar Leisure Plc & Ors [2006] EWCA Civ 30 (the application of the "control" test in transferred vicarious liability; the meaning of "accidental bodily injury" in public liability) and Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd [2001]UKHL 22 (the leading House of Lords authority on vicarious liability).

We have appeared in many leading cases involving abuse in local authority care and “failure to remove”. To learn more about our work in this niche area please select the Local Authority Liability link.