Claiming compensation for injuries caused by defective products
Any company that makes a product has a legal obligation to its consumers under the Consumer Protection Act of 1987. If you have been injured by a defective product whose safety is not “such as persons generally are entitled to expect”, then you are entitled to claim for compensation.
As well as acting for cases involving products around the home, such as DIY tools, bicycles, cycle helmets and children’s buggies and toys, we have also won claims for defective medical products, including Opren, heart valves such as Bjork-Shiley and pacemakers such as Siemens. We have been able to establish that an aircraft is a product and brought claims against defective aircraft components from engines through to timing components. We have also looked at the issue of aircraft charts, ejection seats in single-pilot aircrafts and survivability issues in North Sea crashes.
Geraldine McCool heads up our defective products team and her broad experience includes working with the Consumers Association and the National Consumer Council on research on the use of the Consumer Protection Act by Claimant lawyers and attitudes of Producers to such claims. She participated in the 10 Year Review and the Better Regulation Task Force Consultation on Group Actions and “Compensation Culture” and was added to the Hall of Fame by the Lawyer Magazine in December 2007 as being one of the most effective Claimants' Lawyers in product liability and personal injury.
Geraldine McCool’s work on aviation disasters caused by defective components or systems is felt to be “outstanding” She is regarded as the only true expert in her field in the country.
Chambers UK – A Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession 1999-2000.
Further information:
For more information please contact:
Geraldine McCool
Tel: 0161 828 8074
geraldine.mccool@mphsolicitors.co.uk
Dominic Hemsi
Tel: 0161 828 8081
dominic.hemsi@mphsolicitors.co.uk
