DWF

.Insurance

Senior Associate

Ricky Lindsay is a Senior Associate in the DWF Insurance Team, based in London. He is a highly experienced litigator with over 25 years in Employers Liability, Public Liability and motor accident claims.

Ricky trained in British Railways Board's Legal Department, focusing on insurance and personal injury work for the British Railways Board and subsequently various train operating companies in respect of a wide variety of public and employer liability claims.  He is very familiar with railway procedure and practice and works closely with those employed by rail companies at all levels. Ricky is aware of the challenges raised by an industry that relies on inter-dependent services in a complex environment and understands the relationships to achieve cost effective results.

Ricky specialises in:

·         Cases involving whole body vibration and work related upper limb  disorder claims.

·         Recovery actions on behalf of train operating companies seeking to recover losses for damage to rolling stock and consequential losses arising out of level crossing collisions and collisions with fallen trees.

·         Claims made against train operating companies in relation to alleged discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.

Ricky has been recognised in the UK Legal 500 guides for his expertise.

Ricky has a thorough working knowledge of the Claims Allocation and Handling Agreement and provides advice on the allocation of liability and the operation of the agreement. He appears before the Registrar, Lesley Stephenson in relation to cases where there are disputes between rail industry parties.

Ricky has written various rail related articles that have been published in Rail Professional and Railway Strategies magazines. He contributed to "The Railway Industry – Liabilities to Employers and Customers" book first published by Weightmans in 2008.

Ricky has one notable case reported: Eaglen v Arriva Trains Northern Limited (2008).  An appeal against Judgment in favour of a train driver in a personal injury claim was allowed where on the evidence the Judge had wrongly found that there had been a breach of duty on the part of the employer train company and where the driver had not proved that he had suffered any pain additional to that which he would in any event be suffering due to a pre-existing degenerative condition.

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