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Richard Paige

Year of Call:

1997

Education:   

Corpus Christi College, Oxford –Physiological Sciences (2:1)
City University, London – Post-graduate Diploma in Law
Inns of Court School of Law – BVC (very competent)
King’s College, London – Masters in Medical Ethics and Law (merit)

Career:

Called to the Bar 1997, Middle Temple
Pupillage at 1 Raymond Buildings, London
Practised on the Northern Circuit before joining Sovereign Chambers in 2001
Member of the North Eastern Circuit
Member of the Personal Injury Bar Association

Richard's background is in all areas of civil law, but now specialises in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Civil Insurance Fraud.

During his Master's course Richard became familiar with many of the issues arising in medical law and has been instructed in cases against NHS Trust Hospitals, Health Authorities, Prison Hospitals and doctors, dentists and nurses in private practice.

Richard undertakes multi-track personal injury cases for both Claimants and Defendants involving accidents at work, highway accidents, road traffic accidents, civil abuse claims and industrial disease cases.  Richard also assisted Lawtel in the development of their online program for the calculation of inflation on personal injury awards.

As part of the Civil Insurance Fraud group Richard has developed a practice in cases involving suspicion of fraud, including bogus passenger claims, exaggerated claims, contrived claims and staged accidents.  Richard has acted on behalf of many of the UK's leading insurance companies.

For further details please contact Stuart Young on 0113 2451841.