Park Square Barristers

Chris has wide-ranging experience of prosecuting a range of regulatory offences on behalf of HMRC, the Food Standards Agency, the Insolvency Service and various local authorities.

Chris is often instructed as Defence Counsel in respect of motor crime offences where the Defendant has the benefit of insurer funding, particularly where serious injury has resulted. He is able to draw upon his extensive experience of road traffic personal injury litigation to ensure that any alleged criminal liability is properly defended.

Chris regularly acts for police authorities, including applications for Sexual Harm Prevention Orders.

Professional Discipline 

Chris has a particular interest in professional discipline matters and is expanding his practice in this area. He welcomes instructions from both individuals and regulators, and is keen to develop his practice within the following sectors:

• Health and social care;
• Legal;
• Sports

Coronial Law

Chris is expanding his practise into inquest work. His established personal injury expertise and experience of fatal accidents claims means he is well-placed to provide representation to interested parties, particularly where civil proceedings are contemplated.

Inquest touching the death of PH – attended inquest on behalf of road traffic insurer where the deceased had died in a road traffic collision. The inquest concerned whether the deceased had committed suicide, or whether the collision was accidental.

Training

Chris has previously provided training to inspectors at the Health and Safety Executive, to include advising on effective trial preparation, witness handling and disclosure.

Chris also provides disclosure training to local authorities across the North of England.

Property

Chris is part of the property team in Chambers. The team is widely regarded as pre-eminent in this field, undertaking a broad range of work and acting for Local Authorities, public and private landlords, tenants of all descriptions, various applicants and other occupiers of housing.

Chris has a particular interest in the following areas:

• Anti-social behaviour (including ASBOs, injunctions, committals, possession claims and closure orders)
• Disrepair
• Injunctions

Casualty Fraud

Chris is an established fraud practitioner in the context of road traffic, EL/PL and holiday sickness claims.

He regularly acts for most major insurers in relation to road traffic claims where fraud is suspected or explicitly alleged. He is routinely called upon to assist at all stages of litigation, from pre-action advice, conferencing and settling pleadings, through to trial advocacy.

Chris has extensive experience of multi-track and fast-track cases involving complex indemnity issues, staged accidents, ‘stooge’ vehicles, low-speed impact (LSI), phantom passengers, exaggerated and high-value credit hire and exaggerated personal injury claims that require consideration of Section 57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015.

In addition to trial advocacy, Chris is well-versed in dealing with interlocutory applications including applications to set aside judgment, resile from previous admissions of liability, CCMCs, costs-only proceedings and relief from sanctions applications.

Chris provides regular training on all aspects of casualty fraud, particularly in respect of novel and developing trends within this sector.

Credit Hire

Chris has particular expertise in high-value claims involving credit hire. He has extensive knowledge of the developing case-law in this area and is regularly called upon for cases concerning complex engineering evidence regarding roadworthiness, and cases involving profit-earning chattels (including taxis).

Commercial & Chancery

Chris has wide-ranging experience of commercial and contractual disputes. He has particular experience of claims involving debt recovery, as well as claims relating to the provision and installation of telecommunications services.

Chris accepts instructions on behalf of Claimants and Defendants for the following:

• Trials from the Fast Track through to Multi Track,
• Case Management Conferences
• Costs Case Management Conferences
• Interlocutory Applications
• Pre-Trial Reviews.

Christopher also accepts instructions to draft pleadings and advices on quantum and/or liability.

He is happy to work to short deadlines where papers need to be turned around quickly.