 John's practice as a barrister has been predominantly in the fields of industrial relations and employment, together with personal injury and medical negligence cases. John's impressive list of cases can be found elsewhere on our website.
He has appeared at a number of significant public inquiries including:
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The
Ladbroke Grove Train Crash Inquiry (on behalf of the victims) 2000;
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The
Southall Train Crash Inquiry (on behalf of the victims), 1999;
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The
Street Markets Inquiry for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (which he chaired), 1991;
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The
Woolf Inquiry into the Strangeways Prison Riot (on behalf of the Prison Officers Association) 1990;
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The
Kings Cross Underground Fire disaster (on behalf of the Association of London Local Authorities) 1986.
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He led ground-breaking test case litigation establishing liability for "vibration white finger" on behalf of British Coal mineworkers which resulted in 1999 in a Scheme now valued in excess of £2.5bn and which remains under the supervision of the court.
He has represented a number of consultants subject to discipline in internal NHS and GMC proceedings, beginning with the case of
Wendy Savage in 1986 and including the cases of
Marietta Higgs, Helena Daly, Helen Zeitlin, Susan Kramer, Duncan Walker, Tony Sadler, Bryony Ackroyd, Sarla Verma, Anne David and many others. These cases have involved, from time to time, injunction proceedings.
He is recognised by
Legal 500 as a leading Silk in his specialist areas of Employment, Health & Safety and Public Inquiries. Whereas,
Chambers and Partners acknowledge John as a leading Silk in the fields Employment, Health & Safety and Personal Injury. |
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