Gareth Thompson > Chambers of Frances Heaton KC and Richard Norton > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile

Gareth Thompson

0161 214 1500 clerk@stjohnsbuildings.co.uk View profile

Work Department

Personal Injury, Fraud - Civil, Costs, Accidents Abroad, Company and Commercial

Position

Gareth has an exclusively civil practise with an emphasis on claims arising as a result of personal injury. He acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants in all types of cases.

Gareth has extensive experience of claims arising from road traffic accidents including those involving the MIB and arising from accidents that have occurred abroad. He has been instructed in cases involving complex issues of fact and medical opinion including evidence regarding the presence and/or extent of a subtle brain injury.

• He has experience of cases where fraud has been alleged having been involved in such cases on behalf of both claimants and defendants. He frequently represents insurers in cases where the decision has been taken that they should be represented separately.Employers’ liability claims continue to make up an increasing proportion of Gareth’s work. He has a particular interest in claims involving public bodies in which claimant is entitled to rely upon European directives as opposed to just the domestic regulations.

  He also undertaking work involving general public liability with a particular interest in claims arising from the leisure industry.