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Dowse Cycling Accident Service: Harry v Bike Republic
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Harry v Bike Republic. Harry, a keen commuting cyclist bought a “Flying Machine Base Urban Model RD2” from the defendant’s shop. The bike has a Gates carbon belt drive with an 8 speed internal hub. The belt engages with an alloy rear sprocket and the inner teeth of the sprocket, where it sits on the hub, suffered shearing/wear causing it to slip as he set off from a standing start. In law, the sprocket was defective under the EU Product Liability Directive and the Consumer Protection Act 1987. Harry had ...
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Dowse Cycling Accident Service: Leonard v Metropolitan Police
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Leonard v Metropolitan Police. Leonard, a cautious and careful cyclist, was half way through executing a right hand turn along a busy road in Islington when suddenly and without any warning he was struck by a Police car driving at speed on the wrong side of the road to answer an emergency call. Leonard had no recollection of the accident until he woke up in hospital. He was a week in hospital. When he was discharged, recovery was slow. In fairness to the defendant, the MPS had paid for rehabilitation tre...
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Dowse Cycling Accident Service
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Jonathan and the oil spill. Jonathan (our client’s name has been changed) was cycling to work when his bike shot out from under him as he ran over a patch of oil on the roadway. He suffered a serious fracture of his right femur. Fortunately, other road users were able not only to attend to him but to see the presence of oil on the highway. There was no obvious culprit, but one witness suggested it might be a council rubbish lorry exuding spillage as it proceeded on its collection. A medical report prepar...
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Dowse Cases: January 2016
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Charmaine v Heathrow Airport. Charmaine, an American tourist in her early 60’s, was returning home and had passed through passport control at Terminal 1 at Heathrow. She had just deposited a water bottle in a rubbish bin and as she returned to put her cabin luggage through security, she slipped on a greasy floor and fell, suffering a displaced wrist fracture on her left dominant hand (a “Colles fracture”) and a non-displaced fracture on her left elbow. We obtained a report from an independent orthopaedic...
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Dowse Cases: Keep the Shopping Aisles Clear!
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Keep the Shopping Aisles Clear! Barbara was shopping in Tesco when she caught her foot in nylon banding tape, protruding from one of the store’s wheeled cages from which staff load the shelves. Barbara fell heavily upon her knees and having been treated by the First Aid officer, made her way home. Shops have a legal responsibility to ensure the safety of their visitors and once a visitor suffers an injury in a store due to an obstruction or a slippery substance on the floor,. It puts the victim under pre...
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Dowse Cases: January 2014
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Keep the Shopping Aisles Clear! Barbara was shopping in Tesco when she caught her foot in nylon banding tape, protruding from one of the store’s wheeled cages from which staff load the shelves. Barbara fell heavily upon her knees and having been treated by the First Aid officer, made her way home. Shops have a legal responsibility to ensure the safety of their visitors and once a visitor suffers an injury in a store due to an obstruction or a slippery substance on the floor,. It puts the victim under pre...
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Dowse Cases: January 2017
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Edward and the missing grate- £65,000 recovered. A maintenance worker in a food factory,. Was called to service a machine. As he made his way there,. He noticed an open grate in the factory floor and instructed his co-workers to close it. Unfortunately, they reopened it and left it unguarded so that when Edward stepped back,. His leg fell down the pit and he struck his knee, suffering a serious cartilage tear. A further meniscectomy was required where the cartilage remnant was removed and repaired. At th...
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Dowse Cases: February 2016
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Carol; the spinal fusion that did not work. Carol had a history of lumbar spondylosis, scoliosis and spinal stenosis. She had had painful symptoms for about 10 years, and undergone treatments at hospital including a “lumbar decompression” but without relief. On the recommendation of her orthopaedic specialist, she had a procedure known as “lumbar instrumentation, decompression plus fusion”. This required the insertion of metalwork into the spine with bone grafting. It may not become clear until after pro...
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Dowse Cases: June 2013
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Marco – The “slam-on” that wasn’t. There is a phenomenon called the “the slam-on” perpetrated by fraudsters who brake suddenly, usually in slow-moving traffic, without good cause so that the following vehicle runs into the back of them. These incidents are quite rare. They are rightfully condemned not only as fraudulent,. But dangerous to other road users. Insurance companies will sometimes allege a “slam-on” where the circumstances do not justify it. Once such instance was Marco’s case. The insurers con...
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Dowse Cases: Carol; the spinal fusion that did not work
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Carol; the spinal fusion that did not work. Carol had a history of lumbar spondylosis, scoliosis and spinal stenosis. She had had painful symptoms for about 10 years, and undergone treatments at hospital including a “lumbar decompression” but without relief. On the recommendation of her orthopaedic specialist, she had a procedure known as “lumbar instrumentation, decompression plus fusion”. This required the insertion of metalwork into the spine with bone grafting. It may not become clear until after pro...
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