Kane Simons

(2024): Acted for a claimant against the MIB in a case where liability and quantum were in dispute. Kane advised on evidence and tactics. The matter settled for £1.9 million.

(2024): Represented a mother whose child was catastrophically injured in a road traffic collision. A Part 20 claim was brought by the driver of the van against the mother for an indemnity/contribution, alleging that the mother was negligent for inadequately supervising her child at the roadside. Kane successfully defended the claim in the High Court.

(2024): Acted for a man who sustained lower limb injuries in a road traffic accident. The claim settled at a joint settlement meeting for £425,000.

(2024): Acted for a motorcyclist who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury as a result of a road traffic accident. The claim settled for around £400,000.

(2024) Acted for a motorcyclist who suffered a subtle brain injury following a road traffic collision. The claim settled for over £200,000 at a joint settlement meeting.

(2024): Acted for a passenger in a road traffic accident who sustained a lower limb injury. The claim settled at joint settlement meeting for £240,000.

(2024 – ongoing): Acts for a child whose electric scooter was struck by a car, causing him to sustain significant facial and orthopaedic injuries and a possible traumatic brain injury. Liability and quantum remain in dispute.

(2024 – ongoing): Acts for the rider of an electric scooter who was struck by a car, causing him to sustain brain injuries. Liability and quantum remain in dispute.

(2023): Led by Stephen Killalea KC: Acted for claimants with brain injuries acquired after a road traffic collision. The case raised issues of law involving intentional torts and ex turpi causa. The claim settled at the door of court.

(2023): Led by Stephen Killalea KC. Acted for a claimant cyclist who suffered catastrophic brain injuries when he was struck by a motorist fleeing as part of a police chase.

(2023): Acted for a pedestrian who suffered orthopaedic injuries when he was hit by a car. The claim settled for £300,000 at a joint settlement meeting.

(2023): Acted for a Claimant who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury following a motorcycle accident. Kane advised on liability and quantum. The matter ultimately settled for a gross sum equivalent of around £500,000.

(2022): Led by Stephen Killalea KC: Acted for a claimant who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a cycling accident. Contributory negligence was alleged on the basis of the manner of cycling and because the bicycle was not equipped with brakes. The matter compromised at a joint settlement meeting for over £2 million.

(2022): Acted for a claimant who fell from a raised platform at work, sustaining multiple injuries. Kane advised on evidence, drafted court documents. The matter settled for a figure of around £270,000 at JSM.

(2021): Acted for a claimant who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident. The claim settled for £500,000 at a joint settlement meeting.

(2021): Acted for a defendant in a claim brought for £1.7million, largely for future loss of earnings and pension loss. The claim ultimately settled for £250,000.

(2021): Acted for a claimant who sustained a fractured femur. The claim settled for approximately £310,000.

(2021): Acted for a motorcyclist with a minor traumatic brain injury. The claimant’s previous barrister had refused to act on a CFA due to liability concerns. Two months after Kane became involved, advising on both liability and quantum, the matter settled for a gross sum equivalent of more than £500,000.

(2021): Acted for a claimant in her late sixties who suffered an ankle injury and nerve damage in a road traffic accident. The matter settled for £250,000.

(2021): This was a fatal accident claim involving a man in his late 70s who was killed in a cycling accident. Kane advised the deceased’s widow, who brought a claim for pension dependency. The matter settled for £160,000.

(2020): Led by Stephen Killalea KC: Acted for a claimant in a brain injury case for a man in his mid-fifties which settled for a lump sum of £2.65 million and an annual periodical payment of £275,000 – an assumed capitalised value in excess of £6 million.

(2020): Acted for a claimant who developed complex regional pain syndrome (‘CRPS’) in her arm after sustaining a soft tissue injury in an industrial accident. Causation remained in dispute, with the defendant maintaining that the CRPS was unrelated to the index accident. The claim settled at a joint settlement meeting for a figure in excess of £525,000. The Defendant had initially offered the claimant only £55,000.

(2020): Acted for a claimant who sustained an injury at his foot after a motorcycle accident. He required extensive treatment and orthotics. His claim settled for £175,000 excluding the cost of treatment.

(2019): Acted for a defendant in an injury claim brought for nearly £300,000. Causation and quantum remained very much in dispute. Following Kane’s involvement, the claim settled at just £16,500.