Mr Pankaj Madan > Exchange Chambers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile
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Mr Pankaj Madan
Work Department
Personal Injury
Position
Pankaj specialises in Catastrophic and Life-Changing Injury with specialist expertise in Brain Injury, severe limb injury, high-value Pain and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) claims. He attracts a loyal and ever-increasing following from both Defendant insurers and Claimants. He acts usually only in very high value cases often involving pedestrians or motorcyclists. He is adept at liability issues.
He is from a medical family and has an excellent understanding of medical issues. He is renowned for his meticulous eye for detail and sensitive, sympathetic client approach.
Pankaj continues to be commended every year by the Legal 500 since 2008:
“A first rate lawyer with IT and technology skills second to none. Combative with charm. Knows exactly what he is doing. Has a real touch for big PI claims. More hard-working than almost anybody I know. More than a safe pair of hands.”
“Works very hard to achieve the right result. Doing a mixture of Claimant and Defendant work is able to present a balanced view whichever side has instructed him. Very detailed analysis of complex medical issues.”
The Legal 500 2021, Personal Injury, Tier 1
Pankaj is routinely instructed nationally by leading firms and he frequently confers with insurers, medical experts in chambers or severely injured claimants often in hospitals or rehabilitation facilities or their own home. Travel anywhere in the country is not an issue.
He is instructed and respected by leading Defence firms, and sought after by the insurers often at the first intimation of a claim. He adopts a team approach with the insurer and Solicitor.
Pankaj has efficiency at the foremost of his practice and operates a “paperless” practice. He welcomes instructions in entirely electronic (PDF) form. This results in better use of fixed or budgeted costs and enhanced security.
He is a Deputy District Judge and has considerable expertise in costs management of high value cases for both Claimants and Defendants.
He is experienced in claims of the utmost severity exceeding £5 million. He often appears against Leading Counsel on his own. He has ongoing cases with a potential value up to £18 million.
Areas of practice
- Brain injury ranging from catastrophic severity to the subtle but severe –
- “CRPS” Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Chronic and serious limb injuries with actual or potential amputation often with CRPS issues as well.
- Spinal Injury
Also high-value cases involving:-
- Hyper-extension flexion injuries leading to Chronic Pain syndrome, or exacerbating pre-existing conditions such as fibromyalgia and joint-hypermobility syndrome
- Unusual Psychiatric Injury e.g. Somatisation Disorder and Hysterical Coversion Syndrome
- Fatal accidents
Pankaj is also a national lecturer in personal Injury and published multiple author. He has written several books on Subtle Brain Injury and Chronic Pain. He is writing his third book on Catastrophic Brain Injury. He has been guest lecturer at the Royal Society of Medicine on the subject of Chronic Pain and CRPS and at the Peterhouse Annual Medico-legal Conference in Cambridge, and the International Birmingham Pain Forum.
Career
Called 1997; Deputy District Judge
Memberships
- Personal Injuries Bar Association (member)
- Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine
Education
- Accredited Advocacy Trainer North Eastern Circuit
- Trained by CEDR – “Representing Clients in mediation”
- Harmsworth Scholar of the Middle Temple (1996)
- Astbury Scholar of the Middle Temple (1996)
- Law, Magdalene College, Cambridge University (1993 – 1996) M.A. (2:1)
- Leeds Grammar School (1982 – 1992)
- 4 A-Levels at Grade A
- Theaker Economics Prize
Leisure
Pankaj enjoys keeping fit, fell running, photography, travel, the theatre and the opera. He is from a medical family background and is married to a Consultant Child Psychiatrist and is a dad to a 9 year old.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Pankaj Madan – Exchange Chambers ‘Pankaj is an expert on complex and difficult brain injury cases. He is technically sound in his advice, compassionate yet firmly objective, and good on his feet. His client manner is superb.’
The personal injury team at Exchange Chambers has a solid track record in advising on catastrophic injury claims, fatal accidents, chronic pain disorders and military claims, to name a few areas of expertise. Paul Kirtley ‘understands the intricacies of the most complex liability dispute or workplace accident‘, and Simon Ross‘ workload includes serious road traffic accidents. The ‘very knowledgeable‘ Pankaj Madan is ‘meticulous‘, ‘very organised‘ and ‘provides a brilliant analysis of evidence and details‘.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Pankaj Madan – Exchange Chambers ‘Pankaj has great attention to detail, a fantastic analytical mind, and has a fantastic rapport with clients, enabling them to take confidence in his support.’