Howard elgot is a barrister specialising in personal injury, clinical negligence and professional negligence., Parklane Plowden
Howard Elgot is a barrister specialising in Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Professional Negligence.
Howard has a large high-profile clinical negligence practice and regularly acts as counsel in cases involving cerebral palsy and other obstetric negligence, other brain and spinal injury cases as well as orthopaedic cases and fatal psychiatric claims. His clinical negligence practice is almost entirely representing claimants.
Howard Elgot is one of the very few provincial barristers to have been shortlisted as Barrister of the Year by the Law Society. He has acted in many cases of national importance in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. He previously practised at 3 Paper Buildings, Temple, London.
Independent guides refer to Howard as a “well-prepared, fearsome cross-examiner and negotiator", a "marvellously innovative thinker", who is “admired for his client-friendly demeanour and sympathetic attitude." He has often acted as leading counsel in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
BA, B.C.L., New College, Oxford
North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar
Howard Elgot – Parklane Plowden 'Howard is a highly experienced counsel. He understands the most complex medical evidence, and comes up with strategies and new avenues of investigation others may never have thought of. He does not give up on a claim and is always willing to fight for the claimant.'
North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar
Howard Elgot – Parklane Plowden 'A formidable litigator and advocate. Howard is determined and resourceful, and has excellent technical knowledge.'
North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar
Howard Elgot – Parklane Plowden ‘A formidable litigator and advocate. Howard is a skilled trial lawyer with strong cross-examination skills.’