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Ian Walker

Ian Walker

Clyde & Co, London

Work Department

Personal injury.

Position

Ian is a partner in the personal injury team in London. He specialises in all aspects of road traffic litigation, ranging from high value personal injury claims, to fatal accidents, and motor prosecutions. Ian successfully represented the defendant in the Court of Appeal decision of Armsden v Kent Police [2009] EWCA Civ 631, where its liability was reduced from 100% to 40%. Ian also recovered in excess of £120,000.00 in costs in the case of Lyons v Chief Constable of Kent Police [2012] EWHC 364 QB, when the claimant failed to beat a Part 36 offer following a trial on causation. Ian also succesfully represented the defendant in the case of Dursan v J Sainsbury Plc [2015] EWHC 233 (QB), which was a fatal case involving a pedestrian.

Career

Trained at Norman H Barnett & Co, qualifying in 1996, solicitor at Wallace Bogan & Co 1997 – 1998, in-house solicitor with Amlin (Just Law) 1998 – 2001, solicitor Berrymans Lace Mawer 2001, associate 2011, partner 2013. Publications of note: Ian is co-editor of the 12th and 13th editions of Bingham and Berrymans, and author of a number of articles in Post Magazine, as well as BLM publications.

Memberships

The Law Society.

Education

Polytechnic of East London (Now University of East London) LLB (Hons) 2:1, 1990; Law Society Final exams 1991.

Leisure

Spending time with the family, travel, and watching most sports.

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