Admitted 1996

Personal Injury Litigation*, General Litigation & Debt Recovery

Telephone: 071 966 2019

John qualified as a Solicitor in 1996 and is an accomplished litigator with almost 20 years’ experience.

John is Joint Managing Partner and Head of our General Litigation Department and deals mainly with personal injury, fatal injury, professional negligence, medical negligence and product liability litigation.

John also specialises in defence insurance litigation and advises in relation to all aspects of insurance litigation including catastrophic personal injuries, employers’ liability, public liability, product liability, MIBI and motor claims. He has developed long term business relationships with the insurance sector and has established a strong reputation as a leading advisor within this area.

*In contentious business, a solicitor may not calculate fees or charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.

CASES OF NOTE

Negligence Claim Against Orthopaedic Surgeon To be Re-Tried

The Court of Appeal has directed a retrial of an action alleging a surgeon was negligent in the post-operative care of a man who claimed he developed leg paralysis and severe pain after spinal surgery.

Man with ‘severe mental illness’ drove into traffic after brother warned he would kill or be killed, inquest hears

Gerard Roan had a long history of “severe and enduring mental illness” in the years up ….

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