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Court approves £2.5m settlement
15 October 2010

Steel J approved the award of damages of £2.5m (£5.5 m on full liability basis) to a 15 year old paperboy who sustained severe head injury when knocked from his bicycle during his round. Richard Wilkinson (together with Neil Garnham QC) represented the Claimant in proceedings against the newsagent who had employed him whom it was alleged had failed adequately to assess the risk arising from the round undertaken. Liability was previously compromised on a 45/55% basis. The Claimant was left with significant cognitive deficit and behavioural issues and was in need of life-long care. Issues included the credit to be given for future state funding in a split apportionment case: M v Balfour 2000 Ltd.