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Collishaw
We would like to extend our congratulations to Georgina Crawford who has been appointed as a Deputy District Judge sitting in the Midlands Circuit sitting on the Midlands Circuit.
Georgina is typically instructed in catastrophic and other high-value claims in the High Court and multi-track matters in the County Court. Her particular expertise is in Animals Act claims. Her practice also routinely includes disease work, inquests, clinical negligence, road traffic accidents and the full raft of public and employer’s liability claims. Her practice is both Claimant and Defendant.
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…
