Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence; Court of Protection
Matthew specialises in catastrophic personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Acting exclusively for claimants and their families, his caseload comprises claims of the utmost complexity, sensitivity, and severity with a particular focus on brain, spinal cord and amputation injuries.
Matthew is often described as meticulous and is known for his technical expertise, advocacy skills, strong work ethic and empathy with clients, always placing the claimant and their family at the heart of everything he does.
He is consistently recommended in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.
“Matthew is strong in achieving outstanding outcomes for his clients. His approach to clients is sympathetic yet practical in seeing a way through very complex issues.” The Legal 500 2024
“Matthew is strong in identifying issues and considering solutions to problems when they arise. He works well with experts, identifying any weaknesses in their evidence which need to be explored, he is very good at planning ahead in the most serious of cases, and he is good at drafting high-value schedules of loss.”
A recognised leader in the field of personal injury law, Matthew was elected as the youngest President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) in 2013, serving on APIL’s national executive committee between 2007 and 2015. He is a founding member of the Serious Injury Guide steering group and co-author of the industry Guide, which promotes rehabilitation, collaborative working and best practice in life-changing injury claims. Matthew is also the longest serving member of APIL’s rehabilitation working party and contributor to the APIL Best Practice Guide on Rehabilitation. He is dedicated to improving outcomes and access to justice for injured people.
Matthew has written and lectured extensively in his specialist area, delivering APIL’s brain injury training courses and actively contributing to APIL’s catastrophic injury and clinical negligence training programmes.
Matthew has vast experience of appeals, test cases and declaratory proceedings. He is often counsel of choice in cases involving novel and developing areas of the law to assist on strategy. He relishes the prospect of working collaboratively with other professionals and places particular importance on delivering excellent client care and successful outcomes as part of a team.
Called 1998; Matthew served on the executive committee of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) between 2007 and 2015, as Vice President in 2012 and President in 2013. He is co-author of the APIL Guide to Accidents at Work and has particular knowledge and experience of brain injury litigation, delivering APIL’s brain injury training courses and actively contributing to APIL’s catastrophic injury training programme.
Outside work, Matthew’s main interests are cooking (an early starter at 4 years of age), outdoor sports (including skiing, walking and scuba diving), travelling (highlights include trekking to Machu Picchu, diving and sailing around the Galapagos Islands, watching the sunrise from the Ganges River in Varanasi and visiting Mountain Gorilla families in the rainforests of Rwanda) and family (he is married with two small and boundlessly energetic children).
Matthew is also a Community Governor at Palmerston School, a state special school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 19, which nurtures and supports young people with more serious and profound learning disability.