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Client success stories
Building our relationship with Mott MacDonald G eorgia Harris, a Senior Associate in the Corporate & Advisory practice, recently successfully completed a secondment to Mott MacDonald, a key Projects and Construction client. Following Georgia’s return, and as a result of the contacts Georgia made during her secondment, Mott MacDonald approached Georgia for support with the preparation of a bespoke software development contract. This contract will be used with contractors engaged by Mott MacDonald to develop its proprietary Moata solution – a digital platform Mott MacDonald makes available on a commercial basis to support and facilitate the successful delivery of large infrastructure projects. To complete this work, Georgia partnered with Tom Tippett, a Technology, Data and Outsourcing Partner in the Corporate & Advisory practice. The successful delivery of this legal project led to a
Successfully defending Aviva A £43,000 personal injury claim submitted to Aviva has been successfully defended following investigations by our Casualty The claimant, Robert Wood, alleged that he had suffered injuries to his neck and arm following a minor car collision, which he said left him unable to work. Aviva referred the case to our fraud team because of discrepancies in his account, and the apparent severity of Mr Wood’s injuries after what was a minor incident. practice. The investigation, led by Legal Director, Elinor Willis, discovered social media videos of the claimant performing martial arts kicks and punches, and swinging by his arms from a
climbing frame during his supposed injury period. When confronted with the evidence, Mr Wood attempted to claim the man featured in the video was his identical twin brother. However, while the claimant did indeed have a twin, we were able to conclude that the footage was of Mr Wood, as his twin had distinctive blonde highlights in his hair, while Mr Wood’s hair was brown. Prior to the final hearing of the case, Mr Wood dropped his claim, but Aviva did not wish for him to walk away. Ultimately, he agreed to an order that he was fundamentally dishonest and would pay Aviva £13,000 in costs.
further, larger instruction for Georgia and Tom: the preparation of a complete suite of terms and conditions to govern the provision of Moata to Mott MacDonald’s customers – a project that was successfully completed over Summer 2023. Mott MacDonald have also indicated that they would like to instruct the Firm on other technology and data projects. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Business Development Manager Claudia Morgan.
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