Park Square Barristers was delighted to host the Leeds Summer Drinks and Networking Event in chambers last night.

Thank you to all those who attended last night’s seminar on Inquests involving Health & Safety and Industrial disease.

Tom Gent & Caroline Wood will be presenting the seminar on Wednesday 3rd July 2019 at 5pm at a venue in central Leeds.

In this month’s AVMA newsletter Caroline Wood discusses a recent Inquest in which a trust made written submissions, following the conclusion of the inquest, inviting the coroner not to make a PFD report.

Caroline Wood has recently appeared for East Riding Council Trading Standards who brought an action against a Director and a former Director of an Agricultural Company for selling faulty farm machinery.

Caroline Wood discusses the case of Cartwright v Venduct Engineering Ltd & Ors [2018] Civ 1654. This was a noise induced hearing loss claim where the claimant had issued against 6 Defendants.

The inquest touching on the death of James Sheffield was heard in Bolton Coroner’s Court over two days on 30th and 31st January 2018 by a Judge alone.

Assistant Coroner Lorraine Harris and senior civil and regulatory law barrister Judy Dawson, have this week, led an informative session entitled, “Addressing the Key Points of Inquests Into Hospital Deaths”.

Noise induced hearing loss claims make up the vast majority of occupational disease claims in the fast track. The last decade has seen a significant rise in noise induced hearing loss claims. In 2010 there were more than 24,000 cases and in 2015 there were 87,000. Since 2015 the numbers of claims are reducing.

Caroline Wood represented the defendant local council in respect of a claim arising from an assault involving employees in a school.

Caroline Wood considers the recent Court of Appeal decision concerning the liability of the MIB where an insurer has become insolvent.