Michael Mulcare is an Associate Solicitor for Mayo Wynne Baxter and has been with the firm since 2007 as a member of the Litigation Team. Michael currently specialises in defendant litigation and is acting on behalf of local authorities, insurers and private cases.
Before joining the firm, Michael was at a national law firm, reknown for their insurance expertise, where he established and managed an in-house legal team for one of their insurer clients.
Prior to that, he was at the Treasury Solicitor's Department and worked for the Ministry of Defence, handling a varied caseload of public and private law matters and advised on Central Government issues involving other agencies and Departments. During this time, he defended a wide range of high value personal injury and clinical negligence claims against the Ministry of Defence, with the highest settlement being over £5 million. He was involved in a substantial amount of high profile inquest work, judicial review proceedings, class actions and claims involving foreign jurisdictions. In addition to this, Michael represented and advised the Defence Diving School in respect of diving related incidents.
He has an extensive background in personal injury work, including acting for claimants in relation to, RTA, marine and aviation claims.
Michael is a member of FOIL.
The High Court has granted permission for a local authority to bring contempt of court proceedings against a man who claimed compensation for personal injury and who subsequently abandoned his claim. The Claimant – Leon Wells – claimed that he had suffered a tear to his left knee when he fell down some steps near… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
This Court of Appeal case considers a local authority’s duty of care to a user of a park and ride scheme and whether it should have warned the Claimant of a known hazard at his destination. Circumstances of the Claim On 10th December 2008, the claimant – a Mr Fernquest – had driven from his… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
A recent High Court case ruling on damages for pain and suffering, may see elderly victims of mesothelioma entitled to increased compensation. In this case, the 92 year old Claimant, Dennis Ball, was awarded £50,000 compensation for pain and suffering after he developed asbestos-related cancer following his work for the National Coal Board and its… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
