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Summary Of Practice

Sebastian was called to the bar in 1999.  His main areas of practice are:

Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury
Sebastian has a well established personal injury practice, and acts for Claimants and Defendants in more or less equal measure.  He often acts on a conditional fee basis.

He has considerable experience in employers’ liability actions, claims against highway authorities, occupiers and private landlords, as well as highways actions.  He is also experienced in industrial disease litigation, fatal accident claims, and, because of his employment law practice, he has an advantage in claims with overlapping personal injury and employment law issues (for example stress at work claims, or quantum and jurisdictional issues).

Sebastian’s clinical negligence practice involves a wide range of claims, including claims against dentists.

Sebastian also appears at coroners’ inquests, and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel.

Employment
Sebastian has extensive experience in claims involving TUPE and discrimination complaints, unfair and wrongful dismissal and breach of contract.  He regularly attends employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal to represent both claimants and respondents.  He also undertakes advisory work and ‘litigation prevention’.

Sebastian’s personal injury experience gives him an advantage in claims with overlapping personal injury issues.

Public, Local Government & Environmental
Sebastian’s practice includes conducting local authority prosecutions and appeals against environmental health and health and safety prohibition notices.

Professional Memberships

PIBA
ELBA

Selected Cases

John Grooms Housing Association v Burdett [2004] UKEAT/0937/TM
Adequacy of medical evidence to support finding of ‘mental impairment’ in disability discrimination claim

Milton Keynes Council v Edwards QBD [2004] EWHC 267 (Admin)
Appeal by way of case stated; correctness of decision to order costs against Local Authority

Education

Wimbledon College
Bristol University (BA Hons)
CPE (City University)
ICSL

Other Information

Chairman of Free Representation Unit 2000-2001.  Sebastian’s enthusiasm for FRU continues, in that he undertakes cases occasionally, and enjoys speaking at FRU training days.

Sebastian enjoys food and wine, sailing, running (two marathons to date) and reading.