He acts for claimants and defendants in a range of complex matters, including disease cases and catastrophic and psychiatric injury claims. He regularly advises on insurance coverage disputes (particularly those relating to employers’ and public liability claims especially long tail disease claims). He has acted in a number of test or group actions including contaminated blood products, the Camelford water pollution cases, CJD from human growth hormone, asbestos-related pleural plaques, industrial deafness in Midlands clothing industries , dermatitis from contact with chemicals in furniture (the Linkwise/Eurosofa litigation), claims by veterans of UK atom bomb tests in 1950s; historic child abuse cases; claims by some 18,000 claimants alleging injury from factory fire (Sonae Group Litigation); historic physical and sexual abuse at children’s home.
Nautical College, Pangbourne; Sussex University (1973 BA Hons).
London Bar
Michael Kent KC –Crown Office Chambers ‘He is one of the best appellate advocates solicitors have seen. He has a profound grasp of the law and combines that with diffident but highly effective advocacy. He is a real pleasure to work with, both one to one and as part of a wider team.’
London Bar
Michael Kent KC –Crown Office Chambers ‘He has a profound grasp of the law and combines that with diffident but highly effective advocacy.'