Occupational disease.

Chris is a partner and head of the Occupational Disease group.  He advises in relation to the full range of disease litigation, both long and short tail, with emphasis on asbestos-related disease, occupational cancers and work-related stress and related policy wording issues. He advises insurers in relation to strategic disease litigation issues, emerging risk issues and response to government consultations on changes in the law. He also advises corporate clients in relation to corporate structure implications relating to acquired legacy disease liability difficulties and has advised corporate clients with respect to pan-jurisdiction implications of group cancer litigation strategy in other European jurisdictions.  He is also a Director of Global Insurance Law Connect, the international insurance law firm network co-founded by BLM.

Trained at Dundas & Wilson CS, qualified 1996 (Scotland) and 1998 (England); partner Halliwells from 2004; became head of disease litigation at Halliwells in 2008; partner Berrymans Lace Mawer 2010.

French (conversational)

International Bar Association memberFOIL memberIRLA member

High School of Dundee; University of Edinburgh (1993 LLB, first class; 1994 DipLp); dual qualified in Scots and English law (1998 QLTT).

Family, mountain biking, bass and rock guitar, reading.