Work Department

Personal injury.

Position

Ian is a partner in the personal injury team in London. He specialises in all aspects of road traffic litigation, ranging from high value personal injury claims, to fatal accidents, and motor prosecutions. Ian successfully represented the defendant in the Court of Appeal decision of Armsden v Kent Police [2009] EWCA Civ 631, where its liability was reduced from 100% to 40%. Ian also recovered in excess of £120,000.00 in costs in the case of Lyons v Chief Constable of Kent Police [2012] EWHC 364 QB, when the claimant failed to beat a Part 36 offer following a trial on causation. Ian also succesfully represented the defendant in the case of Dursan v J Sainsbury Plc [2015] EWHC 233 (QB), which was a fatal case involving a pedestrian.

Education

Polytechnic of East London (Now University of East London) LLB (Hons) 2:1, 1990; Law Society Final exams 1991.