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James Palmer
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Work Department
General common law, employment and general commercial.
Position
Common law: product liability, personal injury, professional negligence, health and safety, consumer credit and general insurance. Employment law: wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE and whistleblowing claims, directors’ duties, restraint of trade, non-solicitation and injunctive relief. General commercial: contractual and shareholders disputes, property insurance risks and company directors disqualification. Reported cases include: Gardner v Marsh & Parsons [1997] 1 WLR 489 (CA), measure of damages – surveyor’s negligence; Banco Exterior v Mann [1995] 1 All ER (CA), undue influence – bank entitled to assume company solicitor would give independent advice to wife; Allen & Others v BREL CA [2001] PIQR QIO, personal injury – apportionment of damages between concurrent negligent and non-negligent causes.
Career
Called 1983; CEDR-accredited mediator.
Education
Eton College; Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA).
Leisure
Food, opera, sport.
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