Exchange Chambers

Criminal

The majority of Alex’s practice is focused on personal injury work. Alex is regularly instructed by Claimants and Defendants in multi-track and fast track cases on all areas of personal injury work, including road traffic accidents, occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability, public liability, CICA claims and Highways Act claims.

Alex has a very busy trial practice and regularly attends CCMC’s and interim hearings, especially where technical procedural arguments are raised.

Some examples of recent multi-track work include:

Advice and representation of the Claimant in a liability admitted matter arising from a road traffic accident. The claim is pleaded in excess of £200,000. Representation of the Claimant at a two-day trial in an employer’s liability matter. Liability was disputed and the Defendant raised issues of dishonesty. Following the trial, the Claimant was awarded a significant sum of damages. Representation of three Claimants at a two-day trial in a road traffic matter. The Defendant raised issues of causation and fundamental dishonesty. Following the trial, the Claimants were each successful. Advice and representation of the Claimant who sustained injury following shoulder surgery. Advice and representation of the Claimant who suffered a crush injury to the hand at work.

For more information about Alex’s Defendant practice, please see his “Personal Injury: Defence” CV.

Alex also has extensive knowledge of credit hire law and regularly acts for Claimants and Defendants. He was recently instructed in successfully responding to an appeal on a novel area concerning the precise interpretation of impecuniosity.

Alex has written articles and provided seminars on s. 69 ERRA, interim payments and on issues relating to jurisdiction and the applicable law for accidents abroad.

Called, 2014

Inner Temple

BPTC, Nottingham Trent University (Very Competent, 2014); BA Law with French, University of Newcastle (Class 2:1, 2009-2013); Erasmus Year spent at the University of Montpellier 1, (2011-2012); Sir Joseph Priestly Scholarship, Inner Temple (2014); Nottingham High School

Prior to coming to the Bar, Alex worked as an in-house lawyer for Univar, a leading global chemical distributor. Alex is fluent in French and, with the benefit of an internship award, worked as a stagiaire in the cabinet of Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston QC at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. In his spare time Alex is a keen, but untalented, sportsman and musician.