Profile

AREAS OF PRACTICE

PERSONAL INJURY & CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

Michael Lemmy specialises in Personal Injury litigation and has extensive experience in all aspects of Personal Injury law, including Clinical Negligence and is "recommended" by the Legal 500 Directory. He has particular expertise in Employers' Liability, Health & Safety at Work, Housing Disrepair, Disease work, Highways Act, Road Traffic litigation (including Credit Hire and Fraudulent Claims) and serious multiple injuries cases.

Mr Lemmy is a skilled trial advocate who lectures on the Advocacy Master-Class and Personal Injury Seminars on the Bar Vocational Course at Manchester Metropolitan University.

LANDLORD & TENANT

As well as the above, Mr Lemmy also has an extensive Landlord & Tenant practice, with a large Social Housing element. He has acted for most of the major Landlords in the North West and has wide experience of Possession Proceedings, Disrepair Claims, Injunctions, Homelessness (including Judicial Review and appeals to the County Court) and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders.

RECENT CASES

Manchester City Council v McCann, CA [1999] QB 1214; [1999] 2WLR 590; [1999] 31HLR 770; [1998] 95 (48) LS9 31; Times, January 12, 1999; Independent, January 20, 1999 (Lord Woolf MR, Henry & Clarke LJJ) - Case concerning the general jurisdiction of the Court, S118 County Courts Act 1984 and the Court's power to punish for contempt in the face of the Court.

NBHA v Sheridans, CA [1999] 2 EGLR 138; [1999] 78 P+CR D38 (Beldam, Brooke & May LJJ) - Appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning the primacy of statutory grounds of possession as compared to the terms of the tenancy agreement and the need for a notice seeking possession.

Gardner v Winder, LTL 14/11/2002, (Dame Butler-Sloss P, Scott Baker LJ) - Appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning the assessment of damages following personal injury.

Manchester City Council v Lee , Wigan MBC v G [2003] EWCA Civ 1256 (Pill, Mummery & Chadwick LJJ) - Appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning the construction of Section 152 Housing Act 1996 and confirming the decisions in the cases of Enfield and Thames. Important guidance offered on the form of an injunction.

Manchester City Council v Hockey, 11 August 2003, HHJ Holman, Manchester County Court - Case at first instance concerning an injunction under Section 222 Local Government Act 1972 to prohibit begging. This case has attracted national publicity and an appeal has been lodged with the Court of Appeal.