Monthly Archives: August 2021


Success for Lee Evans in Nationally Reported Trial

Published: 20/08/2021 | News

Lee Evans, instructed by Simon Martin of Plexus, successfully defended a housing association in a claim brought by one of its tenants. The trial at Central London County Court received coverage in various national newspapers. The Claimant alleged that as she walked along a driveway that was adjacent to her home, she fell due to […]

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Josh Hedgman successfully defends security company against significant brain injury claim following alleged assault

Published: 16/08/2021 | News

Josh Hedgman was recently instructed to defend a serious brain injury claim following an assault that was alleged to have been committed by a doorman. Josh represented a security company that engaged doormen to provide security services at a pub. The Claimant visited a pub and had to be removed when the pub staff refused […]

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Josh Hedgman overturns trial Judge’s finding that council had negligently positioned a signpost on a cycle path

Published: 03/08/2021 | News

Price v Oxfordshire County Council [2021] 7 WLUK 167​ Josh Hedgman was instructed last year by Oxfordshire County Council to defend a claim brought by a cyclist who managed to ride his bicycle into a ‘battleship-grey’ signpost that sat in the middle of a shared pedestrian and cycle path. The signpost had been there since 1999 and […]

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Key points from X v. Kuoni [2021] UKSC 34 – Defendants’ Options Narrowed

Published: 02/08/2021 | News

In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court has sided with consumers in its final judgment in this long running case (X v. Kuoni [2021] UKSC 34). We have previously discussed this case in detail both following the interim decision in the Supreme Court (First Article) and following the judgment of the CJEU (Second Article). The […]

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