Outer Temple Chambers

Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Sports Law

Barrister specialising in Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Sports Law.

Nationwide practice in personal injury and clinical negligence. Personal Injury: predominantly claimant work in the fields of catastrophic injuries and industrial disease. Particular experience in the field of asbestos related claims arising out of occupational and environmental exposure. Instructed in claims against all the major industrial exposers, including Cape plc, Turner & Newall, Powergen/National Power (CEGB), British Steel and ICI. Lectured widely in relation to asbestos related litigation. Notable cases include: Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd – Junior Counsel for two of the three appellants in the House of Lords; ‘Afrika’ group action against Cape plc – claims on behalf of several thousand South African asbestos mine workers. He has recently been involved in a major multi-party action on behalf of over 2000 South African goldminers who have contracted severe lung disease as a result of exposure to silica dust. Catastrophic injury work covers severe spinal, head and fatal injuries arising out of workplace accidents and RTA’s, including high-value CICA applications. Clinical negligence: experience in a variety of fields with a particular emphasis on spinal surgery and birth injuries. Particular interest in sports law. Sits as a chair of the British Equestrian Federation’s anti-doping hearing body. Instructing solicitors include: Irwin Mitchell (Sheffield, Leeds & Birmingham); Stewarts (London); Field Fisher Waterhouse (London); Barratt Goff & Tomlinson (Nottingham); Lamport Bassitt (Southampton); Henmans Freeth LLP (Oxford); Slater & Gordon (Manchester, Liverpool, Halifax and Sheffield).

Matthew was called to the Bar 1993; Lincoln’s Inn and took silk in 2017.

Matthew Phillips QC practises in the following fields: Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Sport.

In the field of personal injury Matthew specialises in asbestos related disease claims and catastrophic head and spinal injuries.

In the field of clinical negligence he acts for Claimants and Defendants in a wide variety of high value claims.

In the field of sports law Matthew has extensive experience of personal injury claims and regulatory work involving anti-doping regulations.

Matthew practises nationwide and is happy to travel to meet clients. He prioritises the management of cases in a sensitive and inclusive manner.

He has been recommended in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 in personal injury since 2006. He appears in the “Spotlight Table” for industrial disease in Chambers & Partners and is ranked Tier 1 in Legal 500.

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers APIL); Association for the Victims of Medical Accidents (AVMA); Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA); Western Circuit.

Bolton School, Lancashire; Trinity College, Oxford (1991MA Hons Jurisprudence); St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge (1992 Diploma International Law).

Bolton Wanderers FC.