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Legal 500

Ian Ashford-Thom

Ian Ashford-Thom

Profile

Highly experienced in wide range of civil work including personal injury, fatal accident claims, occupational diseases, claims for psychiatric injury caused by stress at work, clinical and professional negligence, inquests and public law.

Notable Cases

  • Wyre Forest DC v Secretary of State for the Environment (1990) 2 AC 357 HL (Planning appeal)
  • South Lakeland DC v Secretary of State for the Environment (1992) 2 AC 141 HL (Planning appeal)
  • Field v Herefordshire Health Authority (1991) (First structured settlement made in clinical negligence claim against Health Authority)
  • Inquest into 47 deaths in Kegworth Air Disaster (1991)
  • Inquest into deaths of 9 servicemen from "friendly fire" in Gulf War (1992)
  • Molinari v Ministry of Defence (1991) (Claim for leukaemia caused by exposure to radiation on nuclear submarines)
  • R v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Abdi (1996) 1 WLR 298 HL (Principles of natural justice in judicial review of asylum claims)

Appointments

Supplementary Panel Treasury Counsel (Common Law) 1989 - 2000

Memberships

PIBA

ALBA