Nicholas Baldock was called to the Bar in 1983 and joined Six Pump Court in April 1985. He regularly appears in the High Court, County Courts, Tribunals and also the Court of Appeal.  He sits as a legal assessor to the General Medical Council. 

Claimant and Defendant insurance and insurance related work forms a large part of Nicholas Baldock’s practice. He is currently instructed by a number of firms who handle insurers’ work in various fields covering personal injuries, health and safety at work and fire and flood damage.  These claims include those for substantial building and other property damage such as a recent action arising out of the flooding of a newly constructed city office building. 

His personal injury pactice includes a number of substantial catastrophic brain injury cases.  A recent settlement was achieved for a Claimant which included periodical payments of almost £190,000 per annum with a seven figure lump sum.  Work covered includes employers’ liability, Local Authority liability and professional negligence.  He has a particular interest in sports litigation and cases of interest include football “bad tackle” claims, gymnastics accident claims and a fatal accident claim against a speedway referee for the failure to stop a race.  His practice extends to advising professional sportsmen on commercial affairs. 

Wider commercial work includes contractual and similar claims on behalf of companies, local authorities and individuals. 

Nicholas Baldock also deals with tortious claims for envionmental damage.  Recently he acted for a farmer in a claim arising from water run off from a maize field.  He is also instructed by angling clubs through the ACA and others.  

Nicholas Baldock has lectured on such topics as sports law, local authority liability, indemnity clauses and ADR/mediation.  

Other work includes appearances in Magistrates' and Crown Courts on Health and Safety and similar prosecutions together with inquests.  Inquests include deaths arising out of accidents at work, road traffic accidents and accidents on public transport.  Regulatory work includes health and safety prosecutions, environmental prosecutions and matters such as the application of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005. 

Nicholas Baldock also undertakes employment work and has conducted claims for both employees and employers in Employment Tribunals and the EAT.  He also advises on matters such as restrictive covenants in employment contracts. 

Further, Nicholas Baldock is regularly involved in matters where settlement is achieved by Alternative Dispute Resolution whether by formal mediation or round table meetings.

Cases:

1. R -v- National Rivers Authority ex parte Moreton: [1996] ENV LR 234
2. Steele -v- Milbrook Proving Ground Ltd: (1999) Court of Appeal (treatment of General Practitioner’s notes in Personal Injury Claims)
3. Steeds -v- Peverel Management Services Ltd; (Times 16.5.01) Court of Appeal (Limitation)
4. Alderson -v- Stillorgan Sales Ltd: (2001) Court of Appeal (Single Joint Experts)
5. Afzal -v- Chubb Guarding Services: (2003) QBD (TCC) (Wasted Costs)
6. Binks -v- Securicor Omega Express Ltd [2003] 1 WLR 2557 (Statements of Truth)
7. Raji -v- GMC [2003] 1 WLR 1052 (Natural Justice)
8. Kent County Council -v- Mother and Father of B (Re B) [2004] EWHC 411 (publication)
9. Margaret Anne Brown (Widow and Executrix of Peter Brown) -v- (1) Drake InternationalLtd and (2) Southampton Container Terminals [2004] EWCA Civ 1629 (Contracts/Health and Safety at Work/Personal Injury)
10. (1) David Roy Howells and (2) James Kelly (on behalf of themselves and the members of the Hemel Hempstead Football and Sports Club) -v- the Dominion Insurance Co [2005] EWHC 552 (QB) (Unincorporated Associations)
11. Polestar Jowetts Ltd -v- (1) Komori UK Ltd (2) Spectral Technology Ltd [2006] 1 WLR 2472 (CA) (Health and Safety at Work)
12. Home from Home Ltd. -v- Home [2006] EWCA Civ 1053 (Court of Appeal)(Procedure)
13. Jennifer Jane Dashwood -v- Fleurets Ltd [2007] 34 EG 84 (QB) (Estate Agents Commission)
14. Abbycars -v- Ford EAT 28/5/08 (Constructive Dismissal)