Chambers of Philip Mott QC
THE OUTER TEMPLE, 222 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1BA, ENGLAND
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Position
Nationwide practice in personal injury and clinical negligence. Personal injury: claimant and defendant work in the fields of brain damage, spinal injury, chronic pain and similar. Recent cases: Anderson v Lyotier, acted for successful tetraplegic claimant in skiing claim decided by Foskett J in October 2008; Farraj v King’s Healthcare, acted for successful claimants in wrongful birth claim decide by Burnett J in July 2008; Lodge v Cook , acting for defendant demonstrating that claimant’s chronic condition was not caused by index accident; Stallwood v Adams, successfully obtaining permission to change expert; Lee v MOD, settlement of £850,000 for claimant with severe chronic pain caused by soft tissue back injury. Clinical negligence: experience in a variety of fields, including calculation of losses and indexation of periodical payments. Recent cases : Raphael v Norfolk HA , early claim in which indexation arose (settled in February 2006 for about £8 million); Corbett v S Yorks, issues of indexation and care regulations (about £6 million awarded by High Court in May 2007); Cornell v Doncaster HA, successful claim for child with dysplastic hip which GP negligently failed to diagnose; decision of Mackay J. in November 2006; one of those representing the bereaved families at the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry in 1999 to 2001. Instructing Solicitors include: Irwin Mitchell (Sheffield, Leeds & Birmingham); Stewarts (London); Beachcrofts (London), Hill Dickinson (Manchester), Wolferstans, Anthony Gold, Pritchard Englefield, Bold Burdon Kemp.
Career
Called to Inner Temple 1985, Inner Temple. Publications: editor of ‘Facts and Figures’; secretary of the ‘Ogden Working Party’, fifth and sixth editions; various articles, such as ‘The Live-In Carer, and Extinct Species’ in the ‘Journal of Personal Injury Law’, (June 2007).
Languages
French, Italian.
Member
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL); Association for the Victims of Medical Accidents (AVMA); Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA).
Education
Eton College (Oppidan Scholar); Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Exhibitioner).
Leisure
Classical music, bridge, travel.
Practice Areas
Clinical negligence - either side; Litigation - commercial; Personal injury - either side
