Author(s)
Lee
Collishaw
Georgina has been ranked in the Chambers UK Bar 2018 for Personal Injury (Band 2).
She is widely esteemed for her expertise in claims involving the Animals Act and in inquests. She assists both claimants and defendants.
Strengths:
“Her attention to detail is very good. She analyses the legal issues very well.”
“Georgina is excellent at dealing with equine cases in particular.”
“She is very thorough and does not miss a thing.”
Recent work:
Acted for a police officer who received significant back injuries when she was required in the course of duty to restrain a large billy goat, which had escaped from its owner.
The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on 14 March 2024, dismissing two conjoined appeals in cases of mesothelioma arising from asbestos exposure in the 1950s, Executors of the Estate of Thomas Albert White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (”White”) and Executrix of the Estate of Derek Barry Cuthbert v…
The High Court has handed down judgment in an important case dealing with the data protection obligations of NHS Trusts in respect of the collection and retention of patient medical records. The Claimant (anonymised as ‘YSL’ to protect privacy) brought a wide-ranging claim against the Defendant Foundation NHS Trust, seeking damages and erasure orders in…
Tom Carter appears in the Supreme Court in the case of Davies v Bridgend on the question of causation following his win in the Court of Appeal that damages for diminution in value of a property are recoverable in the absence of physical damage and are not pure economic loss: see Davies v Bridgend [2023] EWCA Civ…
