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
- Equitas fails to recover against insurance intermediaries at Lloyd’s
- Surveyors, Homebuyers Reports and SAAMCO
Articles
- Solicitors under No Duty to Warn Non-Client
- Court of Appeal revises the test for assessing the sum payable under an insurance policy covering property damage
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 exceptionally bright and sees the big picture when advising.”
Legal 500, 2021
“He is an excellent trial barrister. Jason saw the long view early on and was able to ensure that the key issues were aired early in the dispute.”
Chambers & Partners, 2021
“He is phenomenally bright and sees the big picture. Where some might simply deal with what is in front of them, he ensures that all angles are covered before recommending a particular way forward.”; “He is a very thorough, competent and effective practitioner in the field. Very pleasant to deal with.”
Chambers & Partners, 2020
“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