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Philip Grundy
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Personal Profile
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Appointments:
Sitting as Assistant Recorder, appointed January 1996. Recorder appointed in 2000. Sitting for the past 13 years.
Accidents at Work:
First trial under the "New Regulations" in June 1993 and regularly thereafter. Many cases per annum. Most recent Court of Appeal case on this topic at the end of 2007, Ellis v William Cook.
Health & Safety/RTA:
Counsel for the Home Office [as Treasury Counsel] in all claims arising from the 1990 Strangeways Prison riots.
Recent Talk/Presentation to The Manchester Law Society Personal Injury Conference and an update on damages. Addressed the MASS Conference 2005 and an invitee/guest of the Chairman at the MASS Conference 2006 and 2007. Chaired several TICCS conferences in Liverpool, Bury and Watford 2006 - 2007. Chaired Frenkels Conference 2007.
Periodical Payments:
A few Barristers in England and Wales have the same extensive and thorough knowledge and expertise with regard to periodical payments. [recently recognised by Frenkels]. This area of expertise was developed prior to the case of Thomstone and thereafter whilst preparing a high-value case for the insurance industry. (Eventually paid out conventionally at over £8m). Recently gave a detailed talk on the topic to The Law Society (as part and parcel of "update on damages").
Local Authority Payments/Benefits:
Addressed the insurance industry, in the Insurance Hall in London, on the topic Pre-Sowden-v-Lodge. PMDG created the approach later adopted by many others, having developed the idea with Keith Popperwell, an experienced Defendant's Personal Injury Solicitor.
Maximum Severity Claims:
All forms of maximum severity claims are regularly undertaken, with a 50:50 split between Claimant and Defendant work.
Average 50 brain injury cases per annum.
15-20 amputee cases per annum - an invitee of the BAPO (British Association Prosthetics and Orthotists) Conference in 2007. Participated in a Seminar on Prosthetic Provision.
15 Para /Tetraplegic cases per annum.
Values: between £500,000 - £8,000,000.
Majority are RTA claims, often motorcyclists, for solicitors all over the United Kingdom and as far South as Chichester.
Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia:
This is on behalf of Defendant and Claimant.
Recently in the Court of Appeal Thorp v Sharp December 2007.
Clinical Negligence
On behalf of Claimant.
On average 5 cases per annum primarily due to pressure of other work in other areas.
Sports Accidents/Injuries
Including football, rugby, cricket and most recently involving a local Golf Club.
Diseases
(a) Asbestos - over 500 cases, now an average of 25 per annum, including mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis.
(b) Deafness - over 1,000 cases but fewer now, perhaps on average 10 per annum.
(c) Vibration White Finger - over 1,000 cases, now on average 100 per annum, including the test cases of British Gas VWF Litigation and Burrows & Billington-v-British Rail. Chairman of the Vibration Reference Panel under the British Coal Vibration Scheme [approached and appointed by panel representing the Claimants and Defendants] and asked by the designated Civil Judge in Manchester to sit on some VWF c
Areas of Expertise:
Email: clerk@stjohnsbuildings.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 214 1500
Employment
As the son of a former full time Employment Tribunal Judge PG practiced extensively in this field especially in the early years of his practice when the law was evolving. This enabled him to utilize as a young barrister what he had experienced at home as a school boy and as a student [1st Class in Labor Law dissertation]
He was formerly the Bar's representative on the Manchester/Liverpool Employment Tribunal Court Users committee and a past head of the SJB Employment Team.
Represents large multi national companies . Several years ago PG , together with two senior HR managers developed the disciplinary procedure for a blue chip company which reduced absenteeism to 2/3% and was described in the ET as impeccable and flawless, if followed by the managers.
Many restrictive covenant disputes ( over 100 ) including professional clients such as solicitors, accountants, and doctors.
Represented many Trades Unions in group disputes and individual cases .
As a result of direct Access PG has advised several senior Employees and Directors directly on differing employment contract issues.
PG is particularly interested in all areas of discrimination and recently represented a Respondent in an Age Discrimination case.
Philip has been invited to speak on the BBC Radio on topics including Disability Discrimination; Human Rights; Discrimination generally.
He has also appeared in local newspapers and magazines when comments required on a specific employment law point.
In the course of employment law practice he has advised sporting organisations including football clubs and sportsmen.
Associations/Memberships
Employment Law Bar Association
Personal Injury
Maximum Severity Claims:
All forms of maximum severity claims are regularly undertaken, with a 50:50 split between Claimant and Defendant work.
Average 50 brain injury cases per annum.
15-20 amputee cases per annum - an invitee of the BAPO (British Association Prosthetics and Orthotists) Conference in 2007. Participated in a Seminar on Prosthetic Provision.
15 Para /Tetraplegic cases per annum.
Values: between £500,000 - £8,000,000.
Majority are RTA claims, often motorcyclists, for solicitors all over the United Kingdom and as far South as Chichester.
Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia:
This is on behalf of Defendant and Claimant.
Recently in the Court of Appeal Thorp v Sharp December 2007.
Clinical Negligence
On behalf of Claimant.
On average 5 cases per annum primarily due to pressure of other work in other areas.
Sports Accidents/Injuries
Including football, rugby, cricket and most recently involving a local Golf Club.
Diseases
(a) Asbestos - over 500 cases, now an average of 25 per annum, including mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis.
(b) Deafness - over 1,000 cases but fewer now, perhaps on average 10 per annum.
(c) Vibration White Finger - over 1,000 cases, now on average 100 per annum, including the test cases of British Gas VWF Litigation and Burrows & Billington-v-British Rail. Chairman of the Vibration Reference Panel under the British Coal Vibration Scheme [approached and appointed by panel representing the Claimants and Defendants] and asked by the designated Civil Judge in Manchester to sit on some VWF cases to utilise his experience in the area.
(d) Asthma - for Trade Unions and then for Defendant insurers.
(e) RSI - many cases over the years but few at the present time.