Philip Godfrey

Personal injury, Housing, Serious Injury, Disease, Clinical Negligence, Inquests, Animas and Equine, Counter Fraud, Motor, Credit Hire, Professional Negligence.

Philip prides himself on providing a tactical insight into the cases on which he is instructed.  He provides a proactive approach and is often involved at the earliest stages of claims to provide input and guidance.

Philip specialises in all areas of personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence litigation.

His practice encompasses high-value multi-track work involving cases valued up to £1 million.

Philip has extensive experience of trial advocacy and interim hearings, incorporating the full range of personal injury litigation.

Philip has a wide-ranging paperwork practice, advising both claimants and defendants, as well as settling pleadings.  He regularly advises on liability, quantum and issues of medical causation.

He has a particular specialism in cases involving the Defective Premises Act 1972, and was counsel for the Respondent in the leading case of Lafferty v Newark and Sherwood DC [2016] HLR 13.

Philip studied Law at the University of Nottingham.  At University, he was awarded the Law Graduates’ Association Moot Prize.  He undertook his Bar Vocational Course at Nottingham Law School where he was graded “Very Competent”.

Prior to joining Chambers, Philip spent three months working for the International Arbitration team at a leading international law firm in Paris.

LLB, University of Nottingham