Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Chris is recognised nationally as a leading PI and Clin Neg Silk and is Head of the Clinical Negligence Group at No5. At any one time he has conduct of multiple catastrophic brain and spinal injury, amputation and CP/neonatal claims to a value of £20m+, often involving complex clinical, causation and CCG/LA funding issues. Recent awards include £4.2m/PPO £285,000, £5.4m/PPO £228,000 and £3.6m/PPO £250,000, equivalent to £12m+, £19m+ and £12m+ respectively. Chris is highly regarded and sought-after for his approachability in screening cases at an early/pre-expert stage, his attention to detail, compassionate client care, calm, user-friendly, logical and sensitive approach and his analytical abilities, tactical expertise and excellent negotiation skills. He regularly speaks/chairs for AvMA, Headway and the SIA and in 2017 spoke on amputation claims to the Pace Rehabilitation Annual Conference and in 2018 on spinal injury litigation at the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Hospital. He was involved in the case of Caine Ellis v Paul Kelly & Violet Ellis [2018] EWHC 2031 (QB), an important case on the road safety responsibilities of an 8-year-old child and his mother. Notable awards in 2020 include a CP lump sum of £4.6m with staged PPOs of £225,000 to age 12, £309,000 from ages 12-19 and £360,000 for life from age 19, an above-knee amputation
Crown and County Court Recorder, Bencher of Gray's Inn.
PIBA/AvMA
University of Durham (BA Hons Law and Politics).
Interests: An old Mill in Tuscany and Gloucester Rugby Club.