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2nd Sep 2010
It pays to check travel company insurance warns Leeds lawyer
Passengers injured in a horrific holiday crash could be left high and dry as the company they were travelling with was under-insured. Ben Townsend, a Personal Injury specialist at Stewarts Law, is currently fighting a British holiday firm for compensation after a horrific crash in Morocco left one ... more...

9th Aug 2010
Specialist law firm makes awards shortlist
Specialist litigation firm Stewarts Law has been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s prestigious Yorkshire Lawyer Awards. The firm, which has offices in Bond Court, Leeds, has been nominated in the Niche Law Firm category and will be represented at a glittering awards ceremony to be held... more...

12th Jul 2010
Oldham rugby league player gets major settlement
An Oldham rugby league player who suffered horrific injuries after he was hit by a speeding motorbike has been awarded a multi-million pound settlement. Brian Agard, who played and coached at Waterhead Amateur Rugby League Club, was hit by the motorbike on a February evening in 2003 as he crossed L... more...

2nd Jul 2010
Bid-rigging still a burden on public sector finances, lawyer warns
A leading Yorkshire lawyer has warned public authorities they continue to risk paying inflated prices on building projects unless procurement procedures are tightened up. Speaking at the annual National Housing and Building Seminar hosted by the Association of Public Sector Excellence (APSE) on Fri... more...

21st Jun 2010
Public bodies still at risk from bid-rigging, lawyer warns
Public sector organisations are being advised to tighten up procurement procedures on building projects following a bid-rigging scandal which could have cost tax payers millions of pounds. Last September, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) handed out £129.5 million in fines to 103 construction ... more...

15th Jun 2010
Ambulance crew failings leave man in wheelchair
A grandfather who suffered horrific spinal injuries and was left tetraplegic after paramedics failed to immobilise him following a fall at home is suing North West Ambulance Service. Claudius Grimes, 74, stumbled in the bedroom of his Greater Manchester home. As he fell forward, his chin caught the... more...

14th May 2010
Stewarts Law expands Commercial Litigation department
Stewarts Law has added a new member to its Leeds-based Commercial Litigation department. Alistair Kennedy, 28, joins the firm from Walker Morris, where he was a solicitor in the Commercial Litigation department having qualified at the firm in 2006.   Alistair, who lives near Leeds with his w... more...

13th Apr 2010
Sky-high stakes for senior management
The trial of four senior British Airways executives due to start in London tomorrow (Wednesday April 14) marks an important test of the Office of Fair Trading’s war against price-fixing, according to a leading Yorkshire lawyer.   Jonathan Sinclair, head of Antitrust at commercial litiga... more...

1st Apr 2010
Big business a target for regulators in run up to election
The UK’s biggest corporations can expect more attention from regulators in the run up to the election as publicly funded bodies scrap to prove their worth ahead of a change of government, according to a leading expert in competition law.   Telecom regulator Ofcom outlined proposals on T... more...

24th Mar 2010
£11 million record payout for crash victim
A Walsall man left paralysed after a car crash has been awarded the highest personal injury settlement ever reported in the UK, with the help of the country’s leading spinal cord injury law firm. The settlement, which was finalised just hours before the case was due to go to trial at Birmingh... more...

21st Mar 2010
Disputes with banks on the rise, claims Leeds lawyer
The number of legal disputes between banks and business continues to rise as fall-out from the credit crunch continues to cause tensions in the commercial lending market, according to one Yorkshire lawyer.   Jonathan Sinclair, head of commercial litigation at Stewarts Law in Leeds, says he ha... more...

10th Mar 2010
Multi-million pound settlement for former green keeper after brain injury
A motorcyclist who suffered a devastating brain injury after being hit by an uninsured driver has won a multi-million pound settlement. Stuart Bridge, 53, was head green keeper at Withington Golf Club, one of the north-west’s top golf courses, before the accident. He suffered a severe head in... more...

5th Mar 2010
Campaign demands fair compensation for “forgotten heroes”
A campaign to change the law which leaves some soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan hundreds of thousands of pounds out of pocket has been launched with support from a leading Leeds law firm. The Lives on the Line campaign has been launched by former Commander of British forces in Afghanistan, ... more...

29th Jan 2010
Leading Yorkshire lawyer highlights hidden truth behind divorce statistics
A leading Yorkshire divorce lawyer has warned that a lack of legal protection for cohabiting couples is leaving an increasing number of people open to financial ruin in the event of a relationship breakdown.   Simon Preston, head of the Divorce Department at Stewarts Law in Leeds, said figure... more...

25th Jan 2010
Coroner records narrative verdict at inquest of holidaymaker
A coroner has recorded a narrative verdict at an inquest into the death of a Filey woman who was killed in a crash while holidaying in Germany. Gillian Slone, 41, was a pillion passenger on a motorcycle being driven by her husband Paul, near the town of Offenburg, in the west of the country near th... more...

18th Jan 2010
Leeds divorce law team wins further recognition
A third member of a top Leeds-based specialist divorce department has won further recognition from the UK’s leading family law group. Adrian Clossick, a divorce solicitor at Stewarts Law, has gained accredited specialist status from Resolution, an association with more than 5,700 members whic... more...

14th Jan 2010
‘Most needy’ could be losers in proposed legal costs reform
A leading personal injury lawyer from Yorkshire has criticised proposed changes to the way legal proceedings in civil litigation cases are funded, saying the most needy victims of serious accidents could be left worse off. Responding to the publication today (Thursday, January 14) of Lord Justice J... more...