Author(s)
Lee
Collishaw
Richard has been ranked in the Chambers UK Bar 2018 for Personal Injury (Band 2).
He is particularly skilled in employers’ liability and occupiers’ liability claims. He also has experience in disease matters and represents claimants and defendants in the full range of personal injury cases.
Strengths:
“Richard Gregory pays considerable attention to detail and is always prompt to respond.”
“An excellent advocate with a considerable courtroom presence and a wealth of experience in dealing with claims. He is very thorough and tackles the core issues head on.”
Recent work:
Acted in a noise-induced hearing loss claim in which the issue was whether the claimant’s injury was de minimis.
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…
