Group Litigation: Claimant

About

Provided by Irwin Mitchell

Market-leading practice, pre-eminent in group claims relating to defective products, environmental exposure, accidents abroad, travel-related illness, aviation disasters, medical negligence, workplace illness/disease, and terrorist attacks.

There is continued growth in group claims involving medical negligence and travel illness.

We handle a varied, complex and high-profile case load including claims, currently including:

• Boeing 737 MAX, claims against Boeing in the USA following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302.
• Lariam (Mefloquine) claims against the Ministry of Defence
• Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) claims against Johnson & Johnson
• Human rights claims arising from abuse carried out by David Fuller in a hospital mortuary
• Medical negligence group claims relating to Urologist Mr Manu Nair, Colorectal Surgeon Mr Tony Dixon, Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Habib Rahman, Gynaecologist Mr Daniel Hay, Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Mian Munawar Shah and others
• Claims arising from pollution in the Ivory Coast (Trafigura)
• Workplace illness claims for coke oven workers against British Steel
• Claims arising from water pollution at Royal Papworth Hospital

Many team members are recognised as notable practitioners and are APIL, Law Society, or AvMA accredited

We have significant expertise in accidents abroad and cross-border claims