Hugh James

Clinical negligence.

Andrew has been a partner in Hugh James since 1994 and specialises in funding, budgeting and legal costs in high value complex and multi-party litigation both in the UK and internationally. He also specialises in law relating to medical, surgical and clinical practice. Andrew is now part of the Senior Management Team overseeing multi-party group actions and has considerable expertise in legal costs on which he takes the lead. Andrew’s wealth of experience in medical and costs law is drawn on to provide tactical and technical expertise across the multi-party actions department.

Andrew’s group actions include ill health claims arising from coke oven employment. He also works within the International Claims Department where his work takes him to Countries as far afield as Africa.

Andrew was involved in the high profile Phurnacite works group litigation, the British Coal Coke Oven Workers Litigation and the British Steel Coke Oven Workers Litigation. He has also dealt with Multi million pound brain injury claims and various other high value complex clinical negligence claims.

Qualified 1988; trained Marchant Harries (Aberdare); partner Hugh James 1994 to date.

Law Society's Clinical Negligence Panel; Law Society's Personal Injury Panel; panel member for Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA).

Aberdare Boys Grammar School; University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (1986 (LLB Hons)).

Football, rugby, weight training, kayaking.