Lonndon: The UK High Court here on Monday began a three-day hearing of a compensation claim case by a British man paralysed during the Mumbai terror attacks 5 years ago.Wheelchair-bound Will Pike is suing the owners of Mumbai's iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the scene of a three-day terrorist siege in November 2008, over alleged negligence in providing security despite several warnings that an attack was imminent.
‘He did not choose to bring this claim lightly but only after long, anxious and careful thought’, the 33-year-old freelance filmmaker's counsel Philip Havers told Justice Stewart in the court.Pike's law firm, Leigh Day, is arguing against an attempt by the Indian Hotels Company Limited, owners of Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, to prevent the case being heard in a UK court.Read more
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