Mr Gerard Sanders > Hart Brown > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile

Hart Brown
RESOLUTION HOUSE
RIVERVIEW, WALNUT TREE CLOSE
GUILDFORD
GU1 4UX
England

Work Department

Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury

Position

Gerard qualified with a large regional firm in 1991. Since 1995 he has specialised exclusively on claimant personal injury work. More recently he has focused on complex higher value clinical negligence and personal injury claims, achieving seven figure settlements in personal injury cases involving amputation, multiple orthopaedic injuries and head injuries.

His greatest success has been winning the high profile case of Delaney-v-The Secretary of State for Transport where after almost 9 years of litigation involving two Court of Appeal hearings and an application to the Supreme Court he was finally able to establish that the Motor Insurers’ Bureau Agreement was incompatible with EEC law. As a direct result of the decision in this case the agreement has had to be amended to the benefit of many future victims of uninsured drivers.

Gerard is a member of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel and he appears in the latest Legal 500 rankings in the fields of personal injury and clinical negligence.

Gerard’s other professional qualifications include a Diplome D’Etudes Juridiques Francaises from Strasbourg University.

What do people say about Gerard?

“I have the highest regard for you and your company.” – Dr Philip Steadman , Consultant Psychiatrist.

“He is a pleasure to work with and always gains the absolute best outcome for those who instruct him. He is highly responsive and he has an eye for detail with a sensible overview of the global issues.” – Colin McDevitt, Barrister, 3 Paper Buildings.

“I think that is an excellent outcome!. You have phenomenal negotiation skills. I work with insurers every day and to say the very least they are a challenge!” – client.

“It has been an unbelievably difficult time over the past few years. The decision to have my leg amputated was not particularly easy, nor was the rehabilitation. To do all of that whilst worrying about my case would have quite simply been overwhelming. Having you there meant that I had none of that worry. I have always known as I was in incredibly good hands and that I had nothing to be concerned about… You have made a unfathomably difficult situation immeasurably easier, and I will be forever grateful to you.” – client.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

Hart Brown is well known for negotiating and litigating a range of clinical negligence cases, receiving praise for its ‘great collaborative team with depth of knowledge’. Gerard Sanders leads the team, advising on claims involving orthopaedic injuries and general surgical claims, among others.

South East > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

Hart Brown‘s personal injury team is headed up by Gerard Sanders, with a focus on litigating multi-track cases where clients have suffered complex spinal and head injuries as well as amputation. Road traffic accidents, employers liability cases, occupiers and public liability claims are traditionally strong areas of the team’s work.