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Peter Harthan

0151 242 0707 clerks@7hs.co.uk

Position

Personal Injury

Peter Harthan is an experienced and proficient advocate practising across all areas of personal injury work. He takes a mixture of Multi-Track and Fast Track work particularly in relation to:

• Coroner’s Inquests, particularly in respect of Industrial Disease
• Fatal Accidents
• Serious Orthopaedic and Spinal Injury
• Brain Injury
• Clinical Negligence
• Employer’s Liability, including industrial disease and exposure to hazardous substances
• Road Traffic Cases, including the more specialist areas of fraud, low velocity impacts and credit hire
• Public Liability Claims
• Occupier’s Liability
• Product Liability

Peter regularly takes instruction in high value (>£100k) cases and has acted in;

• A brain injury caused by negligent exposure to Carbon Monoxide poisoning leading to life changing symptoms
• A fairground accident ride malfunction causing multiple injuries.
• Partial loss of a foot following a Fork Lift Truck injury.
• Poisoning by exposure to hazardous chemicals in cleaning product production.
• Fracture of multiple vertebrae and permanent restriction of movement caused by fall from height.
• Crushing of forearm in an industrial presser causing lifelong disability

Employment

Peter has a growing practice in Employment Law and takes instructions for both Claimants and Respondents appearing both in the EAT and providing written advices.

Peter has a growing practice in Employment Law and takes instructions for both Claimants and Respondents appearing both in the EAT and providing written advices.

Career

Qualified 2007, Inner Temple Inn.