Gurion Taussig

Gurion has over two-decades’ personal injury experience. The value of claims in which he is involved typically range from £100K to over £1M. He has retained a broad practice encompassing road traffic, employers’ liability, public liability, fatal accidents and industrial disease claims. He also conducts CICAP work. Gurion has particular interest in spinal and traumatic brain injuries, which is recognised in the directories. He has also developed a niche practice in prison-related litigation, defending injury claims brought by prisoners in a variety of custodial contexts, which claims also frequently involve alleged breaches of human rights.

Notable Personal Injury cases

• Florczak v Bartlett Mitchell and ors (Settlement, October 2024)
  

  Acted for claimant in High Court liability-contested employer’s liability matter against silk involving a sous chef who suffered electric shock whilst unplugging a socket of a fan whilst at work. He suffered upper limb FND and was unable to continue his occupation. Causation of electric shock and quantum were contested. Settlement was achieved at £590K.

• Ransom v Rogers and anor (JSM, June 2024)
  

  Acted from outset in road traffic case for a ganger, who in his early 20s suffered life changing orthopaedic and psychiatric injuries when a car collided with his legs whilst working on the pavement. Gurion secured settlement at JSM for £1.35M.

• Cyriac v London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and anor (Trial, September 2024)
  

  Acted from outset for a nurse in a liability-disputed employer’s liability claim in which the claimant slipped on water in a corridor at work. She suffered a debilitating back injury requiring discectomy. After a failed JSM the claim succeeded following 5-day trial before HHJ Hellman, with the claimant being awarded in excess of £100K.

• LXHX v G4S Care and Justice (UK) Services Ltd (High Court approval, March 2024)
  

  Acted from outset for prison authority in High Court TBI claim against silk arising from a prisoner assault during a prison disturbance. Liability was approved on 50-50 basis with quantum settlement subsequently approved for £500K.

• Goodman v Joseph (Settlement, June 2023)
  

  Acted from outset in liability-denied High Court TBI case for a double-glazing salesman who slipped on folded sheeting whilst putting on his shoe at potential client’s premises. He hit his head on the skirting, which mechanism of accident was contested and resulted in expert biomechanical evidence being obtained. The case settled prior to joint expert discussions for £475K.

• Mwamba v Ministry of Defence (JSM, March 2022)
  

  Acted from outset for soldier who developed NFCI whilst on deployment in Estonia. He was deprived of a promising Army career and suffered significant loss of earnings and pension loss. The claim settled at JSM for £330K.

• Ashton v Thaddeus Forde Ltd (Trial HHJ Tindall, September 2020, JSM, November 2021)
  

  Acted for the defendant public house in complex quantum case involving serious spinal injuries suffered by the claimant upon falling downstairs at the defendant’s premises. Following 4-day trial, appeal proceedings were commenced. Prior to the appeal the matter settled at JSM for £750K.

• Drummy v Aeropark Ltd (JSM 2020; High Court approval 2021)
  

  Acted from outset against silk for the Estate of a deceased employee who suffered fatal cardiac arrest some months after being subjected to racial and religious workplace discrimination. The case involved complex issues of causation, whether stress contributed to the heart attack. The claim settled at JSM for £95,000.

• Brahimi v Clink (JSM 2020)
  

  Acted from outset for employer in claim involving employee who injured his hand in a lift-door. The claim was pleaded at £750K and but Gurion secured settlement at JSM for £260K.

• Cloves v Street Scaffolding Ltd (JSM 2020)
  

  Acted from outset in High Court action brought by a scaffolder, who suffered serious upper limb and psychiatric injuries when he fell from a ladder whilst at work. Liability remained disputed but settlement was achieved before joint statements at JSM for £570K.

• Ali v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and anor [2018] EWHC 591 (Ch)
  

  Acted from outset for security firm, whose employee gave erroneous information to the police upon the claimant taking his child from hospital. The claimant was arrested and made claim for damages arising from false imprisonment. Following 3-day trial the claim was dismissed on basis no liability attached to simply giving information which was wrong. The claimant’s appeal to the High Court was also dismissed.

• Gray v Bourke (Settlement, 2017)
  

  Acted from outset for a policewoman who suffered TBI and significant loss of earnings arising from a road traffic accident. Liability was denied and accident reconstruction evidence obtained. Settlement was achieved after issue of proceedings for £1.175M.

• G4S Care & Justice Services (UK) Ltd v Manley [2016] EWHC 2355
  

  Act for the prison authority in Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 personal injury claim culminating in a High Court appeal. The claim considered a prison’s responsibility to restore electricity timeously where prisoner with mobility problems fell in his cell and suffered injury in reduced lighting.

• G v First-Tier Tribunal [2016] UKUT 196 (AAC)
  

  Acted from outset for victim of violent assault who suffered life-changing TBI. CICA had reduced G’s damages under the 2001 Scheme by 25% even though a previous conviction was spent.  G successfully appealed the decision on the basis that s.141 LASPO applied and the reduction was an error of law. Damages were awarded at the statutory cap of £500K.

• Krasniqi v Watford Timber Co Ltd [2016] 4 WLUK 231
  

  Consideration of the consequence of breaching an unless order in personal injury case in light of British Gas Trading v Oak Cash and Carry Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 153.