England - West Midlands • Insurance
DWF
The Birmingham team at DWF has a growing reputation for its work in substantial accountancy negligence claims to supplement its historic expertise in claims against construction professionals and professionals in public authorities. A growing area for the team is acting in cases against employment agencies and umbrella organisations in respect of modern slavery claims. Practice head,Derek Adamson, leads the accountants’ negligence team and also advises on construction claims.
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Testimonials
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‘Derek Adamson: excellent for auditor's negligence cases and is a great all round litigator'.
'Derek Adamson - what he does not know isn't worth knowing'.
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Key clients
- Zurich
- Birmingham City Council
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Work highlights
- In AB v (1) Worcestershire County Council & (2) Birmingham City Council [2022] EWHC 115 (QB) - acting for Birmingham City Council, the team was successful in persuading the court that as a child does not have a civil right to be taken into care there can be no breach of Art6 of the ECHR and that the Art3 ECHR (the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) threshold was not met.
- Acting for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in connection with the personal injury claims (and indeed the public inquiry) arising from the Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017.
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