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Brian Cummins

020 7269 0300 clerks@oldsquare.co.uk

Position

Brian is a Personal Injury barrister, who also specialises in inquest work. He practises in fields of: serious injury; head injury; catastrophic and amputation Claims. Brian has considerable experience litigating in the established categories of: Employer’s liability; Asbestos related illnesses; COSHH; Fraud and Road Traffic Accident claims; as well as in niche fields of Group Litigation and Rail accidents.

Coronial inquest work has included: deaths in custody; construction site fatalities, factory accidents, medical fatalities, and failings in social care and support, on behalf of both bereaved families and employees.

Concluded litigation includes: rail crash litigation; severe brain damage awards following RTAs (including High Court approvals); Fatal Accident claims; Mesothelioma and other asbestos claims; and Group Litigation claims for respiratory and other illnesses.

His current caseload involves: severe head injuries following pedestrian RTAs; blood contamination claims; amputation claims; and other severe, multiple orthopaedic injury claims.

Career

Called: 1992 (Middle Temple), Queen Mother Scholar
LLM (Lond); LLB (Hons).
Former member of Bar Standards Board Disciplinary Committee.
Previous experience at a Law Centre and Local Authority.

Notable cases include: Potters Bar Inquest (2010); Rice & Thompson v NDLB (2008)

Memberships

PIBA, APIL

Education

LLB Hons; LLM (London); Middle Temple: Queen Mother Scholarship winner.

Leisure

Circuit training, running, tennis, swimming, spectating at rugby and football matches.