Author(s)
Lee
Collishaw
Jonathan has been ranked in the Chambers UK Bar 2018 for Personal Injury (Band 2).
He is a well-regarded junior with capabilities in all manner of personal injury issues including RTAs and employers’ liability claims.
Strengths:
“He is very good in court. He has a clear understanding of the intricacies of certain complex areas of law and will go the extra mile for the case.”
“A skilful, first-rate advocate who is always well prepared and detailed in his approach.”
Recent work:
Successfully acted in Graham -v- Commercial Bodyworks, a case that turned on whether the claimant’s employer was vicariously liable for injuries inflicted by a work colleague.
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…
