Qualified 2006; Inner Temple. Barrister St James’s Chambers 2007-14; barrister Deans Court Chambers 2014 to date; door tenant 12 KBW 2010 to date.

Northern Circuit; Personal Injury Bar Association.

James accepts instructions in all areas of civil law, with a particular emphasis on personal injury litigation involving allegations of dishonesty. His personal injury work encompasses RTA claims, public and employers’ liability actions (including industrial disease, stress at work and harassment cases), and occupiers’ liability claims. James is regularly instructed on behalf of several national insurers in suspected fraudulent road traffic accidents (whether staged, phantom passenger of LVI), fraudulent employers and public liability claims, and in credit hire litigation. A growing area of his practice concerns fraud rings and costs recovery against solicitors, ATE providers and other non-parties.

Girton College, University of Cambridge (2005 MA Law).