Regularly featured in the leading silk sections of Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, Peter is a widely recognised specialist in catastrophic and clinical injury litigation with special emphasis on major spinal cord injury, severe brain damage and birth trauma claims.
He writes extensively on clinical negligence and personal injury matters. His publications include "Catastrophic Injuries: A Practical Guide to Compensation" (Sweet & Maxwell 1997), "The Personal Injury Handbook" (contributor: mental capacity and the Court of Protection chapters) (Sweet & Maxwell, 2005). He is a contributing editor to Kemp & Kemp The Quantum of Damages" (Sweet & Maxwell, 2005).
Key cases
- Smoldon v Witworth & Nolan [1996] EWCA Civ 1225; Times, December 18, 1996 (CA): catastrophic spinal injury - a rugby player's successful negligence action against the match referee
- Chaplain v Scout Association & Anor [1996] EWCA Civ 1028: serious head injury; amending pleadings to assert new cause of action
- Mansfield & Anor v Weetabix Ltd & Anor (1998) WLR 1263 (CA): hypoglycaemia as a defence to negligent driving
- Oksuzoglu v Kay (1998) 2 All ER 361: clinical negligence - costs
- Heselwood v Collett (1999) Lloyd's Rep Med 42: Severe head injury; release of plaintiff from undertaking to limit claim
- Farr v South Sussex Health Authority [2001] LTPI 3/4/2001: Award of £750,000 for 23 year old claimant who sufferred severe widespread brain damage following oxygen starvation as a 1-year-old child
- Houghton v Stannard [2003] EWHC 2666 (QB); LTPI 11/12/2003: Award of £1.2 million for severy head injuries sustained in a road traffic accident
- Newbury v Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust [2004] LTPI 29/3/2004: award of £3.7 million for brain damage and cerebral palsy sustained during birth
Contact Peter Andrews QC
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk