Gaurang Naik

Gaurang deals with all aspects of personal injury cases but his main focus now is on high value fatal and serious injury claims. He has significant practice in fatal injury claims arising out of road traffic and accidents at work, occupational illness and clinical negligence. He deals with occupational illness claims including asbestos related illness, psychiatric injury as a result of stress at work and historic sexual abuse claims. Gaurang has been involved in groundbreaking seminal cases in occupational illness notably Dickins -v- O2 [2008] EWCA Civ 1144; Gallagher -v- Bond Pearce [2001] 2WLUK 272.

Notable Personal Injury cases

• Sardar v Vue Cinema [2023]
  

  Gaurang was leading counsel for the Claimant in this tragic case of an accident in a cinema.  The deceased keys and phone had fallen under his recliner seat in a cinema.  During his attempt to retrieve these, the footrest which had been in an upright position, unexpectedly started to return to its normal resting position, trapping the deceased head and neck.

  Gaurang, as Leading counsel, recovered in excess of £800,000 in a significant settlement.

• Hiroko Hart-Leverton v Kaya [2023]
  

  The deceased, a cyclist, was killed in a road traffic accident.  There were issues arising from deceased’s pension and likely date of retirement.  Gaurang obtained a significant settlement for the estate just under £300,000.

• Das [PR of the estate of Sampa Das] -v- Law [2021]
  

  Gaurang secured a settlement in a fatal accident claim where a mother of 2 was tragically crushed to death by a truck but liability was disputed.

• Ardi Bushi –v- Exotic stones Limited & Yes Marble Limited [2020]
  

  Gaurang represented the Claimant, aged 41, who suffered amputation of his right dominant arm and other serious physical and psychiatric injuries as a result of accident in the course of his work. Gaurang argued for 2 functional electric prosthesis that share 2 hands/ terminal device together with a dedicated non-electric sports/gym arm with a selection of interchangeable terminal devices (“bionic arm”). He helped secure a settlement of £2.65mn.

• JW –v- Richard John Hickson [2020]
  

  Gaurang acted for the Defendant in a claim for substantial damages for historic sexual abuse when the Claimant was between 12 and 14 years of age. The last incident was about 25 years earlier. The claim followed an acquittal in the criminal trial. Gaurang advised on the most cost effective resolution of the case.

• Kirsten Holly Reay –v- DWF LLP [2020]
  

  This was a claim for damages for psychiatric injury induced by stress at work as a Solicitor due to excessive workload. Complex factual issues relating to workload. Gaurang assisted in bringing the claim to a successful compromise just prior to a 4 day trial.

• Wioletta Wojciechowska –v- Galczynski & UK Insurance [2020]
  

  Gaurang acted for the Claimant, aged 41, suffered rib fractures and thoraco-lumbar spinal fractures in a road traffic accident. She required surgical fixation of the spinal fractures. She was, however, a stoic woman and concerned about job security so returned to work after 6 months whilst still in pain. As a result Defendants argued that she was not disabled and not at a substantial disadvantage in the labour market and didn’t require the amount of care. Gaurang prepared a detailed Schedule of Loss with a significant future loss of earnings and future cost of care claim setting out in detail the basis of the claim. The claim was settled for a 6 figure sum at JSM.