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MIB represented by 12KBW settle high value brain injury case for £4.26 million (gross) at door of the Court.
21st November 2006Al-Gouri v Imad Achkar and MIB
This case was a quantum-only dispute in relation to a claim brought by Yemeni national Ali Al Gouri who was rendered wheelchair dependent by a tragic car accident on 24.09.99 at the age of 17.
The MIB were represented by Richard Methuen QC and Neil Seligman, both from 12 KBW.
It had been previously agreed that the Claimant’s damages would be subject to a 25% reduction as the Claimant had not been wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. Expert evidence suggested that this failure contributed significantly to the severity of the head injury.
The key issues in the case revolved around the claims for future care, loss of past and future earnings and past and future accommodation/adaptation costs. The future care claim alone was pleaded at over 2.5 million gross.
On the day of trial the Claimant accepted the Defendant’s offer of £3.2 million net (£4,266,667 gross). Giving judgment against the First Defendant and approving the settlement order, Roger ter Harr QC commended the Claimant’s family for the extraordinary love, attention and devotion they had shown to the Claimant in very difficult circumstances in the years since the accident.