St John's Buildings

Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Fraud - Civil, Costs

Daniel is Head of the Personal Injury Team at St John’s Buildings. His practice focuses on high value and catastrophic injury claims. His experience encompasses brain injuries, spinal injuries, amputation and chronic pain. He has a wealth of experience in dealing with issues of capacity, rehabilitation, care regimes, accommodation claims, prosthetic claims, interim payments and Periodical Payment Orders.

In Clinical Negligence, Daniel is instructed exclusively by Claimants and receives instructions which encompass birth and neonatal injury cases, surgical negligence, delayed diagnosis of cancer and spinal injuries (paraplegia).

The particular challenges in clinical negligence claims, particularly in relation to dealing effectively with the NHSR and private providers of health care coupled with his insights in respect of ADR and costs are considered an effective tool in resolving difficult disputes. Daniel is aware of the particular challenges Claimants face in this area and attempts to deal with these issues with empathy and understanding to reach a client’s objectives.

Daniel is instructed regularly by Defendants in small and large personal injury litigation to pursue allegations of fraud, with regular findings of fundamental dishonesty. Daniel has a robust approach and is instructed for his forensic cross-examination and persuasive paper and oral advocacy. He is not afraid to hold those to account who wish to pursue unmeritorious claims.

Daniel has a complimentary expertise in relation to costs. A past member of the CFA panel of the Bar Council, his interest in costs has been longstanding. He is instructed by both Claimants and Defendants in detailed assessment proceedings in respect of claims in his specialist areas. He is often instructed specifically for complex cost management hearings in respect of catastrophic personal injury and clinical negligence cases, where costs exceed £500,000.

Called 1994, Gray’s Inn.

PIBA Northern Circuit Medical Law Association.

Stockport Grammar School; (BA Hons Theology); (CPE).