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Sharan Sanghera

Year of Call: 2009
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7583 8055

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Clerks Details

  • Clerk Name: Edward Holdstock
  • Clerk Telephone: 020 7583 8055
  • Clerk Email: [email protected]

Overview

Sharan Sanghera acts for both claimants and defendants in personal injury and clinical negligence claims.  She holds particular expertise in insurance fraud litigation, representing defendants in claims where allegations of dishonesty arise.

Sharan also manages a busy paperwork practice and is happy to undertake work on a CFA basis where appropriate.

Sharan’s approachability, efficiency and client care make her a favourite with clients.

Expertise

  • Personal Injury
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    Sharan has vast trial experience of claims involving opportunistic or staged road traffic collisions. She understands that often there is a “bigger picture” which goes beyond one particular case and is happy to work alongside firms developing strategies to combat linked dishonest claims.

    She represents claimants in multi-track claims where injuries are permanent and life-changing. Within the claimant work that she undertakes she has a particular interest in employer’s liability and occupier’s liability claims.

    Sharan has represented clients appealing CICA decisions with good success.

    Cases of Interest include:

    • Advising a Claimant who suffered a traumatic double amputation below the ankle and below the knee while working as a labourer and having been instructed to destroy a concrete column which was supporting a balcony overhead
    • Advising a Claimant in an action where construction material escaped from a site striking her to the head causing injuries
    • Representing a Claimant in the First Tier Tribunal and successfully appealing the CICA’s decision not to make an award under the Scheme
    • Represented a Minor in an action where she fell from a  set of monkey bars while playing at school sustaining fractures to the wrist and elbow.  Liability was initially denied but favourable settlement was ultimately achieved
    • Representing a Claimant in the CICA who had a significant loss of earnings claim following his inability to return to work following an assault
    • Advised a Claimant who suffered permanent scarring after being attacked by a dog.  Achieved favourable settlement
    • Successfully arguing against relief from sanctions being granted in a claim where the Defendant was seeking to rely on witness evidence served two weeks late
    • Successfully appealing a District Judge’s decision on summary assessment of costs where the Court was wrong in its approach as to the issue of proportionality and the applicable percentage uplift.
  • Clinical Negligence
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    Sharan undertakes a variety of clinical negligence work including dental, GP and hospital treatment.  She acts for both claimants and defendants from inception of the claim to trial.

  • Articles

    • Healthcare Enabled Fraud

      13th Dec 2022

      3PB personal injury and clinical negligence barrister Sharan Sanghera comments on a recent case regarding healthcare enabled fraud in claims for psychological injury arising from road traffic accidents.

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    • The Provision of PPE in Extraordinary Times

      11th Jun 2020

      3PB's Sharan Sanghera analyses the provision of PPE during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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    • Joseph Thomas Beaumont & Lewis O’Neill v David Ferrer [2016] EWHC Civ 768

      2nd Sep 2016

      Sharan Sanghera examines the Court's decision finding that two claimants were precluded by the ex turpi causa principle from recovering damages in Joseph Thomas Beaumont & Lewis O'Neill v David Ferrer [2016] EWHC Civ 768.

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    • BRUNO MANUEL DOS SANTOS MENDES V HOCHTIEF (UK) CONSTRUCTION LTD [2016] EWHC 976 (QB) - the correct application of cpr 45.49c

      2nd Sep 2016

      The correct application of cpr 45.49c by Sharan Sanghera - Bruno Manuel dos Santos Mendes V Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd [2016] EWHC 976 (QB)

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    • A sledgehammer to crack a nut, or a charter for untruth?

      2nd Sep 2016

      Andrew Perfect and Sharan Sanghera analyse the recent Supreme Court decision on collateral lies in insurance contracts. The Court by a majority held that a collateral lie is not subject to the fraudulent claims rule. The telling of a lie, if truly collateral to the claim being made, does not permit an insurer to refuse to pay. Lords Sumption, Clarke, Hughes and Toulson concurred, Lord Mance dissented. Versloot Dredging BV and another v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG and others [2016] UKSC 45

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  • Recommendations

    “Superb, very clever and very quick thinking”.
    Lay client

    “Working with Sharan has been a real pleasure. She is knowledgeable, grasps the key issues quickly and drives cases forward. Her expertise have proved invaluable at bringing the matter to an early settlement. Above all Sharan is approachable and always willing to assist and go the extra mile. I would not hesitate to recommend her to colleagues and clients alike.”
    Instructing solicitor

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