Product Liability
Mariusz has experience of product liability disputes involving products ranging from ordinary household appliances and fittings to industrial machinery. He is familiar with the issues that arise in such cases in contract, tort, and under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
Examples of his work include:
- Dublin Coach v Dawsongroup & Daimler Buses: Led by Daniel Shapiro KC, Mariusz acted for Daimler Buses UK Ltd, a member of Daimler Truck Group, successfully defending a product liability claim brought in respect of its market leading Mercedes-Benz Tourismo Coach. The Claimant discontinued its claim just before trial in June, paying the majority of Daimler’s costs of the action.
- Defending a retailer of e-cigarettes after a product allegedly caught fire and caused the user to suffer burns.
- Advising on a claim concerning an expansion vessel in a domestic plumbing system, which failed and caused an escape of water.
- Advising in connection with a fire at a market following electrical upgrade works, involving evidential issues as to the cause of the fire and vicarious liability for the subcontractor who carried out part of the installation works.
- Responding to a claim against solicitors concerning their handling of a personal injury claim concerning an allegedly defective bottle which broke whilst being handled by a customer in a restaurant.
- Advising on a claim for contribution against a supplier of firewood processors to a company whose employee had been injured using one of the machines. The case also raised issues of liability under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 to purchasers for breach of the implied term as to satisfactory quality (as a pupil).
- Preparing an advice and drafting Particulars of Claim in connection with a fire in a residential property caused by a washing machine which overheated (as a pupil).
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View full profile »Awards
- Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2018)
- BPTC Advocacy Scholarship, BPP University (2018)
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Qualifications
- MA in Law, University of Cambridge, Downing College
- LLM Commercial Law (Distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science
- BPTC, BPP Law School
Memberships
- PNBA
- TECBAR
Recommendations
“Mariusz is outstanding. He is extremely bright, immensely hard-working, a superb lawyer and very easy and an absolute pleasure to work with.”
Legal 500, 2026
