Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Professional Negligence
Giles deals with heavyweight litigation in clinical negligence, professional negligence and personal injury. His personal injury and clinical negligence practice encompasses all aspects of catastrophic injury work, acting mainly, but not exclusively, for claimants.
He has extensive experience of birth injury claims, other brain injury claims and spinal injuries. Giles is equally at home dealing with complex liability issues and quantum awards of the highest level. Giles does a wide variety of personal injury. He has particular interests in claims involving animals, having been involved in 4 Court of Appeal cases concerning the Animals Act 1971, and accidents at sea.
Giles has a growing professional negligence workload acting in claims against solicitors, financial advisors and vets amongst others.
Recent work highlights have included:
Croydon Tram Inquest 2021
Ford v Seymour-Williams [2021] EWCA Civ 1848
ST v BAI (t/a Brittany Ferries) [2022] EWCA Civ 1037
Chadwick v RH Ovenden [2022] EWHC 1701 (QB)
Parry v Johnson [2022] EWHC 89 (QB)
FLR v Chandran [2023] EWHC 1671 (QB)
Called 1998.
Silk 2019
Publications:
Contributing editor to "Guides to Road Traffic Accident Claims" (Jordans). Contributing editor to "Guide to occupational Illness Claims" (Jordans). Contributing editor to 9 Gough Square (now Deka Chambers) publication - "Guide to Clinical Negligence Claims".
Personal Injuries Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
AvMA.
BA Hons King's College London, Gray's Inn Goldie Scholar (BVC Year).