TIMOTHY SMITH

Call 1982     Middle Temple


Arbitration and mediation

Professional & business risks


Appointments

Assistant Recorder 1999
Recorder 2000
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1997
Academy of Experts, Accredited Mediator 2000
Legal Assessor to the GMC 2002


Professional Associations

Personal Injuries Bar Association
Northern Circuit Medical Law Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
Member of Association of Northern Mediators
Member of the Manchester Mediation Panel

Reported Cases

Harris -v- Harris [1986] 1 FLR 12 (evidence required in an ouster injunction)
G & GB Hewitt Ltd -v- SA Namur Assurances due Credit [CA] [1999] 1 Comm 851 (Proper construction of exclusion clause in trade insurance policy)
Myers -v- Dortex International Ltd [CA] [2000] 1 LRIR 529 (whether an insurer could be joined as a party into a personal injury action)
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council -v- Municipal Mutual Insurance Ltd and Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 50; [2006] 1 WLR 1492 Leading case on when mesothelioma 'occurs' for the purposes of public liability policies; waiver and double insurance
Since 1999 retained by Insurers acting on behalf of Small Mine owners in British Coal VWF and COPD Litigation