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Jim Sherwood
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London
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Job title:
Partner
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Telephone number:
020 7865 3376
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Email Address:
jim.sherwood@blm-law.com
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Practice Areas:
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Experience:
- Defends claims against local authorities and police forces.
- Leads product liability unit with particular expertise in claims against manufacturing and agricultural industries.
- Heads national police unit, handling claims against a number of forces in the south-east and their insurers with notable cases of Rixons vs Kent County Constabulary (2000) CA and Khadine vs Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2005) CA.
- Acted for Commissioner of Police of Metropolis in respect of the Morris Inquiry, the year-long independent inquiry into discipline and employment issues in Metropolitan Police Service.
- Co-ordinator of international network of lawyers and associated offices.
- Qualified in 1989 after reading law at Sheffield University, joined BLM in 1990 and became a partner in 1996.
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Memberships/Appointments:
- Police Defence Lawyers Forum.
- Head of BLM’s Police and Security Services unit.
- Head of BLM’s Product Liability unit.
- Member of BLM’s Local Authority group.
- FOIL (Forum of Insurance Lawyers)
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