Personal Injury

Both Claimants and Defendants having acted for large unions and insurers and local authorities on work related accidents and diseases.

Commercial

General commercial work with an interest in intellectual property. Commercial litigation in High Court and Court of Appeal and engineering arbitrations here and in U.S.

Civil Actions against the Police

Acted for the Chief Constables of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Humberside, Staffordshire, and the Metropolitan police in over 200 civil jury trials and many Court of Appeal hearings.

Environmental Law

Acted in some of the land mark cases in this field

Defamation

Led a legal reading team for Associated Newspapers plc for many years gaining an in-depth practical experience.

Reported/Important Cases

Murray v Yorkshire Fund Managers (CA) 1998 1WLR 951

Gardiner Fire Ltd v Jones (CA) The Times Oct 22 1998

E.H.T Ltd v HUSCO Inc Q.B. and C.A. and AAA Arbitration
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2002

Thorpe v Ch Con Gtr Manchester Police (CA) 1989 1WLR 665

Kirkham v Ch Con Gtr Manchester Police (CA) 1990 Q.B. 283

Marks v Ch Con G.M.P. (CA) The Independent Jan 21 1992

Reid v Ch Con Merseyside The Times Feb 5 1996

Roche v Ch Con G.M.P. The Times Nov 10 2005

Smith Bros v Hyde MBC

Lancaster C.C. v Fats and Proteins UK Ltd

Sport, Media and Entertainment Law

Eric is currently acting for the owners of a North West based football club in a number of different matters which include defamation and contractual issues.