Temple Garden Chambers

A well recognised and respected senior junior at the London Common Law Bar; his practice includes all areas of civil common law equally balanced between advisory work and litigation; his practice is evenly balanced between both claimant and defendant work; principal areas of practice include clinical and professional negligence, personal injury work, employment law, inquests and inquiries and Judicial Review. Clinical negligence/personal injury practice: all areas of work are willingly undertaken with niche specialisations including stress at work claims, passive smoking and RSI (his experience has included being Junior standing Counsel in the Myodil class action, advising the Inland Revenue on its RSI Compensation Scheme, diving injury specialist, all aspects of servicemen’s claims with claimant work willingly undertaken). Employment law: he has comprehensive experience in relation to handling Employment Tribunal litigation and EAT appeals both for applicants and respondents; this involves not only all aspects of unfair dismissal and discrimination but also the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage Act legislation on behalf of the Inland Revenue. Coronial law/inquest/inquiry work: he has experience in many sensitive inquests such as Jamieson, Keta Craig and McGowan (the Telford twin deaths); he regularly advises Coroners in relation to matters of law including representation at Judicial Review hearings and advising the Coroners Society; he undertakes work for all ‘interested parties’ at inquests and in Judicial Review proceedings. Costs: he has been involved in a number of costs cases, most notably Wraith v Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd (1998) 1 All ER 82 in which he was Junior Counsel for the claimant at the first instance and in the Court of Appeal.

Qualified 1985; Lincoln’s Inn; junior counsel to the Crown (civil) ‘B’ Panel 1992-2004; appointed legal assessor to the General Dental Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council.

PIBA; APIL.

University of Birmingham (LLB Hons).

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