Personal Injury

Personal Injury

Ben provides advice and settles pleadings in a wide range of personal injury matters. Ben’s work is principally of Fast Track value with growing experience of Multi Track cases. Ben seeks to turn papers around in 7 days when required by instructing solicitors. He is happy to accept instructions on a conditional fee basis.

Ben practises in all aspects of road traffic litigation including liability, quantum, credit hire, LVI and fraud. Ben’s recent experience includes successfully prosecuting claims on behalf of three allegedly fraudulent claimants in an alleged induced accident/phantom passenger case.

Ben also practises in occupier’s liability, Highways Act and employer’s liability claims. He recently represented a successful claimant in an action against her employer arising from an inadequate risk assessment of the dangers posed to staff at a residential care home.

Housing

Ben has a particular interest in social housing proceedings. He advises, represents and settles pleadings on behalf of landlords and tenants in relation to possession proceedings, Anti-Social Injunction proceedings and committal proceedings.
Ben is familiar with the implications in housing litigation of the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act. He is currently representing a social landlord in proceedings involving the application of the 2010 cases of Manchester City Council v Pinnock and Hounslow v Powell in relation to the landlord’s claim for possession of a property occupied as an introductory tenancy.
Ben has experience of cases involving the Official Solicitor both when acting for the landlord and the protected party.
Ben also represents private landlords in possession and rent claims as well as mortgagees seeking possession. He has experience of proceedings against squatters and in one case represented a landlord who was tricked into granting a tenancy to an uncreditworthy tenant who had impersonated his own, more creditworthy, brother.