James is recognised by the Legal 500 2022 as a “rising star” of the personal injury bar. He is described as having “a brilliantly analytical yet creative legal intellect which he brings to bear in the most legally challenging of claims”, with jurisdictional issues highlighted as “a particular forte of his”.

James specialises in cases involving serious injuries and fatal accidents, with a focus on international litigation. He frequently acts in cross-border claims involving jurisdictional challenges and the application of foreign laws. He edits the “Accidents Abroad” section of Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service (LexisNexis UK).

James is particularly experienced in industrial disease litigation of all kinds. He is an editor of both leading practitioner textbooks in this area: Occupational Illness Litigation and Asbestos: Law & Litigation (both Sweet & Maxwell).

Called 2013.

Personal Injuries Bar Association

Travel and Tourism Lawyers Association

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Government Legal Department’s Junior Juniors Scheme

Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers

BCL (Distinction), Exeter College, University of Oxford BPTC, City University London BA Jurisprudence, Saint Peter’s College, University of Oxford

Times Law Awards 2014: 2nd Prize Law Faculty Prize for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (BCL) Ralph Chiles Award for Comparative Human Rights (BCL) Middle Temple Colombos Law Prize Exeter College Tobias Prize in Law Oxford Postgraduate Internship Award (UN World Food Programme Legal Office) Exeter College Internship Grant (Court of Appeal of Hong Kong) Saint Peter’s College Law Essay Prize