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Greg Cox

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Position: Partner

Date Qualified: September 16 1998

Date Joined Firm: September 16 1998

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Tel: 0161 876 2524

Fax: 0161 876 2501


Profile:

Greg is a partner in the practice with responsibility for the Litigation team in Manchester and serious personal injury claims. He has particular expertise in dealing with costs and funding issues and a significant professional negligence practice.

 

Greg is a solicitor advocate and has Higher Rights of Audience (Civil Proceedings) representing clients in Courts at all levels including the Court of Appeal. He is a trained mediator and advocate of mediation. Greg also sits as a High Court Costs Assessor on appeals to the High Court.

 

His specialist areas include:

  • Dispute Resolution/ Litigation
  • Costs and funding
  • Professional Negligence
  • Serious personal injury
  • Commercial advice and drafting
  • Advocacy
  • Mediation


Greg qualified as a solicitor in 1998.  His significant cases include:-

Barr -v- Biffa Waste [2009] EWHC 1033 (TCC)

Lamont -v- Burton [2007] EWCA Civ 429

Rogers -v- Merthyr Tydfil [2006] EWCA Civ 1134 - Court of Appeal Test Case on After the Event insurance

Hollins -v- Russell and others [2003] EWCA Civ 718) – Court of Appeal Test Case on Conditional Fee Agreements

Messerer -v- ASB (unrep) – Professional negligence claim against solicitors –recovered £1.4m

Burridge -v- Airwork [2004] EWCA Civ 459 – Court of Appeal decision relating to contributory negligence

Burke -v- Coakley (unrep) – Acting for Defendant in complex brain injury claim pleaded at £4m.

Tyndall -v- Battersea Dogs Home Master Wright [2005] - Test Case on staged after the event insurance premiums)

Oliver -v- Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust and another [2009] EWHC 1104

Supperstone -v- Hurst [2008] EWHC 735

Aaron -v- Shelton [2004] 3 All ER 561;

Jenkins -v- Young Brothers Transport [2006] 2 All ER 798)

Memberships:

Hon Treasurer Manchester Law Society

Higher Courts  (Civil Proceedings) Rights of Audience

High Court Costs Assessor

Education:

LLB (Hons)

Career Highlights:

Will think about this when I retire!