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Chris Wilson

Of Counsel

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Chris Wilson

Of Counsel

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
1-3 Charter Square
Sheffield
S1 4HS
United Kingdom
Languages English

Chris is an experienced civil litigator based in our Sheffield office with over 12 years’ experience acting for large self-insured and insured clients across a broad range of industrial disease, personal injury EL/PL and product liability claims from letter of claim to costs with a deep understanding of NIHL claims and a specific interest in data breach claims.

Chris works closely with central government departments, large international companies, major insurers and companies of all sizes providing business-focused advice and pragmatic solutions allowing clients to move forward with confidence.

Chris has a particular interest in the life sciences and healthcare sectors with his background in biotechnology and is active in the advanced manufacturing and telecommunications and media sectors, particularly in the management of liabilities following a cyber or data breach incident.  Chris also has an interest in technology solutions delivering value to clients.

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Relevant experience

  • Successfully defending vicarious liability claim for practical joke in the workplace that went wrong to appeal stage.
  • Successfully enforcing fixed costs in the Court of Appeal on EL/PL claims that should have been submitted via a fixed costs regime, but were not.
  • Challenging the entitlement of claimants to a pre-issue decision on liability before relevant evidence was provided in the Court of Appeal.
  • Obtaining and enforcing wasted costs orders on deficiently pursued claims.
  • Dealing with over 500 industrial disease and personal injury claims.
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Education

  • 2006 – LPC, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield
  • 2002 – PGDL, The School of Law, Chester
  • 2001 – MA Biotechnology & Ethics, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield
  • 2000 – BSc Microbiology & Genetics, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield
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Expertise

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07/12/2023
Group Litigation Orders not always the appropriate method to resolve multiple...
The High Court rejected an application for a Group Litigation Order (GLO) for military noise induced hearing loss (mNIHL) claims from a claimant firm due to the lack of utility of a GLO. The lack of utility...
Law-Now Restructuring & Insolvency
22/11/2023
Supreme Court, deliberate concealment and limitation periods
On 15 November 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the final appeal from a commercial lender on the interpretation of section 32 of the Limitation Act 1980 on postponement of the commencement of the limitation...
Law-Now Insurance Corporate
30/05/2023
High Court rejects CPR 19.8 class action, demonstrating challenges of mass...
On 19 May the English High Court rejected an ‘opt-out’ class action brought on behalf of approximately 1.6 million people in Andrew Prismall v (1) Google UK Limited and (2) DeepMind Technologies Limited...
Law-Now Data Protection & Freedom of Information
02/03/2023
Part 36 liability offer cannot be relied on to salvage loss on part 36...
The self-contained Part 36 code allows monetary offers in full and final settlement of damages as well as liability split offers on discrete issues. The High Court found on appeal that it was just and...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
21/09/2022
Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal “horseplay” liability judgment
The Supreme Court has rejected an application by a claimant for permission to appeal in a case involving personal injury following an act of dangerous horseplay by the defendant’s employee.The Court...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
19/07/2022
Part 45 - Fixed costs disapplied when parties contract out in consent order
The Court of Appeal has ruled out the application of Part 45 fixed costs where parties have expressly agreed on a detailed assessment of costs instead. Background In Doyle v M&D Foundations & Building...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
02/03/2022
Foreseeability of injury in occupations with inherent risk: emergency services...
The High Court has considered on appeal the application of the test of foreseeability when assessing breach of duty in occupations with inherent risk such as the police, fire, ambulance and prison services...
Law-Now Insurance Corporate
16/02/2022
Relationship between self-employed dentists and dental practice not “akin...
The Court of Appeal has provided helpful obiter comments on the first limb of the test for vicarious liability, namely the requirement that the relationship between the wrongdoer and the defendant be...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
13/01/2022
Court of Appeal confirms employers not directly or vicariously liable for...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the employer is not liable for a practical joke carried out by one employee on another using non-work equipment and that was nothing to do with his work, even though...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
28/10/2021
Oi! Watch where you are pointing that camera!
A particularly extreme example of improper and misleading use of domestic CCTV provides a reminder that video and audio recordings of individuals qualify as personal data under the UK General Data Protection...
Law-Now Data Protection & Freedom of Information
06/08/2021
Change in substantive law not enough for withdrawal of pre-issue admission...
The Court of Appeal has approved the dismissal of an application to withdraw pre-issue admissions made 7 years after those admissions were made. After considering all of the circumstances and all of...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
25/06/2021
Part 36.17 indemnity costs recoverable even where damages awarded are nominal
In a decision that should remind dispute lawyers of the importance of giving proper consideration to the potentially significant consequences of Part 36 offers, an appeal against a decision that indemnity...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
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