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Summary Of Practice

Tom has a successful personal injury and clinical negligence practice.
Tom acts for both Claimants and Defendants and has experience of a wide variety of all types of claims. He ranges from straightforward Fast Track litigation to cases of significant value, regularly advising on claims valued in six figures.

His personal injury practice comprises all types of claim from accidents at work to industrial diseases, including mesothelioma, to Road Traffic Accidents to Occupiers’ Liability to Animals’ Act and every other manner of injury in between.

His clinical negligence practice is growing strongly. He acts in cases involving General Practitioners, Hospitals and other medical practitioners.

Recent cases include:
- Several cases of delayed diagnosis of different types of cancer;
- Negligent operative treatment;
- Failing to provide adequate post-operative care;
- Misdiagnosis of torsion of the testicle;
- Instrumentation left inside the body; and
- Hospital acquired infection cases, including MRSA and C Diff.

Tom undertakes a large proportion of his Claimant work on a Conditional Fee basis.

Other practice areas include:
    Professional Negligence
    Coroner’s Inquests
    Contract and commercial
    Insolvency and bankruptcy

Scholarships and Awards

Lord Denning Scholar
Hardwicke Scholar (both Lincoln’s Inn)

3 Serjeants’ Inn Medical law prize
Withers Trusts law prize
Tort law prize
Contract law prize
Laws exhibition award

Professional Memberships

PIBA
PNBA
AVMA

Education

Marling School, Stroud

King’s College London
(LLB with First Class honours)

Other Information

I play cricket for Old Wimbledonians Cricket Club and enjoy watching all sport.
I am developing an interest in wine.
I hold the Queen Scout Award.