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Chris practices exclusively in catastrophic / serious injury. His practice encompasses all means of drafting, advisory work and court appearances, and he has particularly adept at drafting large schedules of loss in cases involving spinal injuries, brain injuries, amputees, fatal accidents and otherwise catastrophic injuries including schedules exceeding £10 million. He drafts schedules in Word, Excel and via PI Calculator according to his instructing solicitor’s preference.
He is instructed as sole counsel in cases pleaded up to £2 million and frequently as led junior in cases worth in excess of £2 million. He has been involved in finalising multiple multi-million-pound settlements in the last year including a £19.5 million and £17.5 million settlement (see attached list of cases for examples). He appears frequently against Kings Counsel and has considerable experience in obtaining substantial interim payments after contested applications.
Significant areas of expertise are:
Catastrophic injuries – brain / spinal / amputees Cases involving Fatal Accidents Act 1976 and Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 Military Claims including psychiatric injuries, NFCI and other very serious injuries Interim payments Costs inc. MOJ AppealsChris is also regarded as a costs specialist who regularly achieves very favourable budgets at CCMC’s. He is regularly instructed in technical costs arguments. In addition, Chris is considered by many to be a specialist in dealing with technical arguments and preliminary issues such as abuse of process, limitation and insurance indemnity.
He has an extensive practice in military claims acting only for Claimant. He fully understands the nuances of the military structure, of establishing career projections and pension loss calculation. He is regularly instructed to represent service personnel for have suffered NCFI’s at joint settlement meetings and has extensive experience of dealing with other very serious injuries involving military personnel.
Chris also regularly undertakes professional negligence actions for and against firms of solicitors who have been involved in alleged negligence arising out of personal-injury matters.
Chris is friendly and approachable. He encourages solicitors to contact him directly by telephone or email at all stages of litigation even before formal instructions have been sent. He maintains a comprehensive and updated database of experts and welcomes the opportunity to recommend suitable experts at an early stage.
Solicitor 2006; Called to the Bar 2012
Away from work, Chris is married with two young children. He is a keen follower and player of all sport especially skiing, golf, football, tennis and squash. Chris is a keen sailor and is a qualified RYA Day Skipper.