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Gareth Shires

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Position

Gareth has significant group litigation experience and handles all manner of claims, including consumer, environmental, data privacy and medical product actions, and has experience of cross-border and foreign law issues.  He also maintains a broad commercial practice and handles clinical negligence matters.

Previous group litigation instructions include: the VW NOx Emissions Litigation; the British Airways Data Event Litigation, group litigation against Ticketmaster and Equifax, and JJML SUI and POP Products Litigation.

Current instructions include:

Pan-NOx Emissions Litigation, representing various claimant groups in claims against, among others, Mercedes, Ford, Peugeot and Renault.

Essure Medical Product Litigation, representing women affected by the use of the Essure contraceptive device.

Mass data breach claims against a number of household names.

Career

Called 2007

Memberships

Personal Injury Bar Association, Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association, Lincoln’s Inn.

Education

University of Oxford: MA, Hons. English Language and Literature (2001-2004).
Nottingham Law School: LLB, Hons. (2005-2007).