Simon is an experienced counsel, be it in the fields of commercial costs and litigation funding, catastrophic brain and spinal injury, and related areas of sports law, clinical negligence, insurance, and professional negligence and professional regulation.

In addition to dealing with costs in commercial litigation and advising on litigation funding, Simon has a formidable reputation regarding costs in Group Litigation, be it for the claimant group or defendants. He has advised and conducted advocacy in the Civil Phone Hacking litigation concerning News of the World and the Mirror Group, the Construction Industry Vetting Litigation, The Truck Cartel Claims in the Competition Tribunal, the Sub-Postmaster claims against the Post Office, the Iraqi Civilian Claims against the MoD, the Grenfell Inquiry, and the Hillsborough Misfeasance Claims.

Simon also has extensive experience of catastrophic injury and clinical negligence claims. In 2020 he was shortlisted for personal injury / clinical negligence barrister of the year. He is much sought after by both Claimants and Defendants which is due to his expertise in brain and spinal injury claims. He has been instructed in a number of high-profile cases for both claimants and insurance clients regarding both domestic and international incidents, each often valued in excess of £10 million.

He is a qualified arbitrator and mediator.

Call: 1982, Silk: 2011

Appointments:

Barrister Assessor in the High Court (2007 to date) Appointed by the Lord Chancellor to sit as a Barrister Assessor in the High Court on Appeals

Chairman of Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (2013 to 2018) Appointed to sit as chairman of the barrister disciplinary tribunals

Costs Committee of the Civil Justice Council (2013 to date) Appointed by the Master of the Rolls to sit as a member of the Civil Justice Council

Joint Tribunal of the Bar Council and the Law Society (2013 to date) Appointed by the General Council of the Bar to sit as a barrister representative on the Joint Tribunal