Contributors

The following specialist barristers, solicitors and experts contribute to PI Brief Update and PIBU Law Journal:

Editors

Aidan Ellis (2005), 1 Temple Gardens
Co-editor of PI Brief Update Law Journal
All areas of PI, credit hire, fraud, costs and employment.
aidanellis@1templegardens.co.uk

Anthony Johnson (2006), 1 Temple Gardens
Co-editor of PI Brief Update Law Journal and PI Brief Update
All areas of personal injury, employment, credit hire, costs and general common law. He Represents both Claimants and Defendants.
anthonyjohnson@1templegardens.co.uk

Tabitha Nice, Solicitor, Stewarts Law
Deputy Editor of PI Brief Update Law Journal
All areas of personal injury with particular interests in spinal cord injuries and CICA claims.
tnice@stewartslaw.com

Tim Kevan (1996)
Co-editor of PI Brief Update
Writer and former PI barrister for ten years.
mail@lawbriefpublishing.com

1 Chancery Lane - www.1chancerylane.com

Simon Readhead QC (1979)
Specialises in clinical and professional negligence cases as well as personal injury claims. Recommended as a leading practitioner in clinical negligence in the legal directories.
sreadhead@1chancerylane.com

Angus Piper (1991)
Specialises in clinical and professional negligence and personal injury claims. Particular expertise in high value personal injury claims.
apiper@1chancerylane.com

Paul Stagg (1994)
Specialises in personal injury claims, civil claims against local authorities and the police, and social security and community care law.
pstagg@1chancerylane.com

Sarah Prager (1997)
Wide range of pi, including accidents abroad, specialising in travel and leisure claims. Regular contributor to the International Travel Law Journal and Travel and Tourism Lawyers' Association newsletter.
sprager@1chancerylane.com

Kiril Waite (1997)
Specialises in medium to high value personal injury and fatal accident claims (including industrial diseases), professional negligence and public liability claims.
kwaite@1chancerylane.com

Cloisters - www.cloisters.com

Andrew Buchan (1981)
Wide range of PI. Cases include Barber v Somerset CC. Co-author, Schedules of Loss: Calculating Damages (Tottel, 2005).
abu@cloisters.com

William Latimer-Sayer (1995)
Wide range of PI & clin neg. Catastrophic injury cases. Numerous publications, co-author, Schedules of Loss: Calculating Damages (Tottel, 2005).
wls@cloisters.com

Lisa Sullivan (1997)
Specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence. She is the author of the limitation chapter of Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service.
ls@cloisters.com

Sarah Fraser Butlin (2005)
Specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence. Written several articles and co-author of Personal Injury section of Bullen and Leake.
sfb@cloisters.com

1 Crown Office Row - www.1cor.com

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC (1974)
Clin neg & PI. Child abuse, catostrphic & multi-party. Numerous publications, joint author, Child Abuse Compensation Claims (Law Society).
lizanne.gumbel@1cor.com

Henry Witcomb (1989)
Child abuse, catastrophic & multi-party. Editorial Board, "Independant Lawyer"
henry.witcomb@1cor.com

Richard Booth (1993)
Established practice in clin neg & other prof neg, pi, costs, sport, employment, European, contract, construction & general common law. Member, Attorney General's Provincial Panel.
richard.booth@1cor.com

Equity House

Duncan McNair (2003)
Duncan specialises in PI and clinical negligence along with credit hire and costs.
mcnair@clerksroom.com

Exchange Chambers - www.exchangechambers.co.uk

Nigel Edwards (1999)
Wide range of PI, clin neg, credit hire, contract & general common law.
edwards@exchangechambers.co.uk

39 Essex Street - www.39essex.com

Susan Rodway QC (1981)
Clin neg, medical law & all PI. Contributor to “Clinical applications of artificial neural networks” (CUP, 2000).
susan.rodway@39essex.com

12 King’s Bench Walk - www.12kbw.co.uk

Daniel Tobin (1994)
Well-established PI practice, particularly highways, employers’ liability, MIB & occupational diseases. Experienced lecturer.
tobin@12kbw.co.uk

Ben Leech (1997)
Wide range PI & prof neg, particularly employers’, public & occupiers’ liability, RTAs, fatal accidents, animals & holiday claims. Also credit hire & low velocity cases.
leech@12kbw.co.uk

Joanna Vincent (1998)
Wide range of PI & clin neg as well as CICA & Social Security Appeals. CEDR accredited mediator. Contributor, Butterworths’ Professional Negligence Service & Medical Negligence Case Law.
jvincent@12kbw.co.uk

13 Old Square - www.13oldsquare.com

Sandradee Joseph (1998)
Range of PI & insurance. Accepts work from Claimants & Defendants. Particular interest in fraud. Also general chancery & commercial litigation.
sandradeejoseph@
13oldsquare.com

Pump Court Chambers - www.3pumpcourt.com

Mark Hill QC (1987)
Head of Pump Court Chambers' PI Team and regularly contributes to its Newsletter and Seminar Programmes, and to LiPSLEGAL web seminars for solicitors. He has a particular interest in industrial disease and workplace stress, and in the complexities of costs and funding. He sits as a Recorder on the Midland Circuit and is Honorary Professor of Law at Cardiff University.
mh@3pumpcourt.com

Heather Platt (2002)
Advises and represents both Claimants and Defendants in all types of PI claims with a particular interest in industrial diseases and stress and bullying at work. Before practising at the Bar, she was involved with the DTI's British Coal scheme for industrial disease for living and deceased miners. She is happy to consider undertaking work on CFA's. Her other main specialism is employment law.
hp@3pumpcourt.com

Amy Berry (2003)
Advises and represents Claimants in a broad range of work flowing from road traffic accidents including motor insurance, replacement vehiceles including commercial and taxis, credit hire, storage charges, personal injury, vehicle repairs, loss of use, PAV. She has a head for figures and a particular interest in costs and damage assessments. Her other main specialisms are property, construction and probate.
abb@3pumpcourt.com

Seven Bedford Row - www.7br.co.uk

Dr Peter Ellis (1997)
Clinical & dental negligence, inquests, product liability, PI. Part-time coroner and mediator. Former hospital doctor and healthcare solicitor. Numerous publications including the clinical negligence chapter in "Butterworths" Personal Injury Litigation Service.
pellis@7br.co.uk

Tanfield Chambers - www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk

Alejandra Hormaeche (1998)
Wide range of PI and consumer credit cases as well as commercial, contract, employment, insolvency & landlord & tenant.
ahormaeche@
tanfieldchambers.co.uk

1 Temple Gardens - www.1templegardens.co.uk

Nigel Wilkinson QC (1972)
Wide range of PI & prof neg. Deputy High Court Judge.
nw@1templegardens.co.uk

Ian Ashford Thom (1977)
Wide range of PI & prof neg. 12 years experience working for Government Departments on numerous significant cases.
IAT@1templegardens.co.uk

William Hoskins (1980)
Wide range of PI and medical law. Particularly highways, railways & Government Departments.
WH@1templegardens.co.uk

Mark James (1987)
Wide range PI, particularly occupational diseases & upper limb disorders & asbestos. Co-author, Expert Evidence: Law & Practice (Sweet & Maxwell).
MJ@1templegardens.co.uk

Charles Curtis (1992)
Wide range of PI, prof neg, health & safety & employment & disciplinary hearings.
CJC@1templegardens.co.uk

Emma-Jane Hobbs (1996)
PI including statutory undertakers, employers’ liability, clin & other prof neg, costs, health & safety, insurance, consumer credit, coroners & CICA.
EJH@1templegardens.co.uk

Shaman Kapoor (1999)
PI, employment, contract, commercial, insurance, landlord and tenant and general common law. Writer of news section of PI Brief Update Newsletter.
skapoor@1templegardens.co.uk

Lionel Stride (2005), 1 Temple Gardens
All areas of PI including RTAs, health & safety at work, occupiers, coroners & CICA. Also costs work. Represents Claimants & Defendants.
las@1templegardens.co.uk

Heather Dardis (2000)
All areas of PI including RTAs, health & safety at work, occupiers, coroners & CICA. Represents Claimants & Defendants.
HeatherDardis@1templegardens.co.uk

2 Temple Gardens - www.2tg.co.uk

Niazi Fetto (1999)
Extensive PI & clin neg practice, particularly employers’ liability. Co-author, Employers’ Liability section of UMIST Commercial Management MSc course, contributor, “The Law of Motor Insurance” (Sweet & Maxwell). Member, Treasury C Panel.
nfetto@2tg.co.uk

Jack Harris (2006)
All areas of personal injury, credit hire and general common law. He represents both claimants and defendants.
JHarris@2tg.co.uk

Anthony Collins LLP - www.anthonycollins.com

Rankeshwar Batta
Senior Associate at Anthony Collins LLP Birmingham in the Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Department. Handles a wide variety of clin neg and PI cases including maximum severity injury cases and professional negligence work.
rankeshwar.batta@anthonycollinssolicitors.com

Dale Langley & Co - www.dalelangley.co.uk

Michael Scutt
Michael Scutt is a Partner in the firm of Dale Langley & Co, based in the City of London and Canary Wharf. He specialises in employment law and occupational illness cases, mainly for employees. He is a regular writer and contributor to newspapers and journals and also runs a blog called "Jobsworth", which can be accessed at www.michaelscutt.co.uk.
michaelscutt@dalelangley.co.uk

Charles Russell - www.cr-law.co.uk

Edwina Rawson
Edwina qualified in 1999 and is a Senior Solicitor specialising in claimant Clinical Negligence, Professional Negligence and Personal Injury claims..
edwina.rawson@charlesrussell.co.uk

PI Travel Law

Katherine Deal (1997), 3 Hare Court, Editor
Wide range of PI. RTAs, employers’ liability, accidents abroad and actions against police. Contributor to Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service.
katherinedeal@3harecourt.com

James Dingemans QC (1987), 3 Hare Court
Heads the PI and Travel practice groups in Chambers. Substantial experience of accidents occurring in course of holidays and work-related accidents throughout Europe, also in Caribbean, Africa and North America. Claims often involve conflict of laws element. Specialist experience of overseas road accident and claims and also aviation-related accidents.
jamesdingemans@3harecourt.com

Andrew Young (1977), 3 Hare Court
Andrew Young has considerable experience of acting for both claimants and defendants in relation to accidents abroad and the conflict of laws issues which arise in such cases.
andrewyoung@3harecourt.com

Simon Davenport QC (1987), 3 Hare Court
Substantial experience of high-value and travel-related claims; very experienced advocate.
simondavenport@3harecourt.com

Howard Stevens (1990), 3 Hare Court
Acts for both claimants and defendants, including a number of large insurers. Has wide experience of group litigation and of mediation. Much of his work has a foreign element.
howardstevens@3harecourt.com

Sarah Crowther (1999), 3 Hare Court
Sarah is particularly experienced in handling cases with an international element and regularly deals with matters involving jurisdiction and applicable law issues in both the commercial and personal injury fields.
sarahcrowther@3harecourt.com

Dan Saxby (2000), 3 Hare Court
Undertakes a wide variety of PI work, including employers, occupiers and public liability cases. Has a particular interest in the increasing overlap of health and safety issues in the workplace and employment law.
dansaxby@3harecourt.com

Tom Poole (2001), 3 Hare Court
Tom has considerable experience of PI law (both claimant and defendant), including claims arising from accidents abroad.
tompoole@3harecourt.com

Clara Johnson (2005), 3 Hare Court
Has experience of both package and non-package travel claims and substantial general personal injury experience.
clarajohnson@3harecourt.com

Academic Contributors

Odette Hutchinson, Editor
Aston University (www.aston.ac.uk) Lecturer in Law and Ethics at Aston Business School. Research interests include Medical Law/Clinical Negligence and the provision of legal education to health and social care practioners.
o.hutchinson@aston.ac.uk

Debbie Stringer
Open University (www.open.ac.uk) A solicitor for many years, Debbie is now a senior lecturer at the Open University with a diverse range of research interests.
D.M.Stringer@open.ac.uk

Medico-Legal Contributors

Dr Hugh Koch, Hugh Koch Associates, Editor
Chartered Clinical Psychologist with clinics in England, Scotland, Wales. Expertise in personal and sports injury, criminal and employment litigation. Author of numerous books and articles in legal journals. Provides seminars for lawyers.
hughkoch@
hughkochassociates.co.uk

Dr Manda Holmshaw, CEO and Clinical Director, Moving Minds
A British Psychological Society Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders, anxiety, depression and stress related disorders as well as in preparing legal reports for the courts, especially after traumatic road, train and plane accidents and serious physical illness.
admin@moving-minds.org

Mediation & ADR Contributors

Tim Wallis, Trust Mediation Ltd, Editor
Highly experienced mediator for Trust Mediation, a specialist mediation provider for PI lawyers and their clients. Uses a cost effective 4 hour mediation model. Author. Writer. Chair of Civil Justice Council’s ADR Committee.
tim.wallis@trustmediation.org.uk

Justin Patten, Human Law Mediation
Accredited Mediator with the Academy of Experts who has advised in many PI disputes. A qualified solicitor specialising in mediation. Offers a full mediation service direct to businesses and via law firms, as well as providing practical mediation training.
justin@human-law.co.uk

Margaret Mervis (1975), Mediation Solutions
Accredited Mediator, ex-barrister, managed Wandsworth Mediation Service, and has mediated many civil disputes, referred by Courts, solicitors, and the National Mediation Helpline. Writer and trainer.
margaret@mervis.eu

Philip Hesketh, Hesketh Mediation
Philip Hesketh is a Mediator and Senior Litigator member of APIL.
philiphesketh@me.com






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