Guildhall Chambers

Personal injury; clinical negligence; industrial disease; miscarriage of justice.

Anthony (Tony) is a catastrophic injury and industrial disease specialist with 30 years’ experience. He regularly handles multi-million pound claims alone or led for Claimants and Defendants. His current cases include multi-million pound claims for brain, spinal and amputation injuries. He has substantial experience of chronic pain claims.

Anthony has a particular interest in complex fatal claims involving difficult issues in relation to family businesses and inheritance of assets. His asbestos disease cases include low-dose mesothelioma claims (breach and causation); lung cancer causation; and immunotherapy costs.

Anthony has substantial trial and pre-trial experience of claims where fraud/dishonesty is alleged.

Chambers UK has recognised him as ‘a terrifyingly effective advocate’ as well as being ‘bright, with an exceptional attention to detail’.

Anthony specialises in catastrophic injuries with complex expert (medical and accountancy) issues, with specific experience of:

brain injury chronic pain spinal injury amputation defending claims where there is suggestion of a staged accident or fraud/ exaggeration high-value and complex fatal claims

Throughout his career, Anthony has defended RTA claims for many of the major insurers, both on quantum and liability. He successfully defended a brain injury claim where the Defendant alleged that the accident had been caused deliberately by the Claimant as part of a “turf war” between rival coach companies.

Anthony has substantial disease practice, focussed on asbestos.

SIGNIFICANT CASES: TDX v Raven Mount Services Co Ltd – mesothelioma claim settled at the door of court where the issue was the liability of a parent company for the exposure by a subsidiary of an employee to asbestos. Ward v Cape Distribution Ltd – a mesothelioma claim where the Claimant was seeking to extend the principle in Chandler v Cape Distribution to self-employed sub-contractors: settled for substantial damages shortly before trial Rowland v G N Haden & Sons Ltd – acted for claimant who had asbestos-induced lung cancer 15 years before death from asbestosis, when the true cause of the lung cancer emerged– settled for substantial damages Jarrett v West Sussex County Council – acted for Claimant in a living mesothelioma claim which settled for substantial damages and a mechanism to secure immunotherapy costs the day before trial

Personal Injuries Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association

BA Hons, Philosophy, Warwick University