Personal Injury
Jason has undertaken a great deal of personal injury work over more than 20 years including employers liability cases (Hammond v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis) [2005] PIQR P1 [2004] ICR 1467) and accidents abroad giving rise to jurisdictional and applicable law issues before the ECJ (Watson v First Choice Holidays & Flights Ltd [2001] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 339).
Nowadays because of the demands of other areas of his practice he deliberately limits himself principally to higher-value motor-related cases many of which involve detailed expert evidence on liability. Jason read science at university.
Selected Cases
- Frost v Oldfield [2010] EWHC 3641 (QB) – Acting for insurers in a high-speed motorcycle sideswipe collision resulting in a lost limb and other serious injuries.
- Flavio v Jeffrey [2008] EWHC 2331 (QB) – Cyclist crossing dual carriageway hit by car.
- Chadli v Brooks [2005] EWCA Civ 211 – Child run over by a bus.
News
- Success in the Commercial Court: Reflective Loss and Joinder
- Jason Evans-Tovey represents homeowners in Court of Appeal TPO case
Articles
Qualifications
- Arden Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
- Senior Scholar
- Lizette Bentwich Prize
- Norton Rose Conflicts of Law Prize
- LLM, University of Virginia
- MA (1st Class), Trinity College, Cambridge
Memberships
- COMBAR
- LCLCBA
- PNBA
- TECBAR
Recommendations
“He is rigorous in his attention to detail and has very good judgement.” “He is a very intelligent barrister, a powerful and subtle analytical thinker and a joy to work with.”
Chambers & Partners, 2019
“An excellent advocate and his drafting skills are magnificent.”
Legal 500, 2019
“Thorough in his preparation and magnificent on his feet.”
Legal 500, 2017
“He’s very easy to work with, commercial, robust and practical, and he can be a bruiser in court when required.”
Chambers & Partners 2017
“I’ve used him on cases where I would have been happy to instruct a silk. He is a pleasure to work with and he doesn’t just sit on the fence, he gives us an answer for where he thinks the case should go.”
Chambers & Partners 2017
“He is very effective, bright and pleasant to deal with.”
Chambers & Partners 2016
“He is very highly regarded.”
Legal 500 2016
“Understands the commercial angle of the case straight away.”
Chambers & Partners 2015
“A great strategist who puts the fear of God into the other side – he’s great to have in your camp.”
Chambers & Partners 2015
“Commercial, approachable and able to grasp technical issues quickly.”
Legal 500 2015
“Very good on cases of a particularly technical nature.”
Chambers & Partners 2014
“Very polished performer.”
Chambers & Partners 2014