Chambers Team

Matthew Stockwell

Born: 21.12.75
Called: 1998

LL.B. (Hons)
LL.M. (Dublin)

Personal Injury

Matthew is an acknowledged expert on Employer’s Liability and conducts Multi Track and High Court litigation in this area and other matters of medical and technical complexity.

He is co-author of the APIL Guide to Accidents at Work (Jordans – 2008) and has a wealth of lecturing and training experience.

In April 2007, Matthew was the youngest member elected to the Executive Committee of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), an organisation representing the interests of accidents victims and their families. Matthew predominantly acts on behalf of injured people.

Matthew has extensive experience of concisely and effectively presenting unusual expert evidence (from pig husbandry to arboriculture) and complex medico-legal issues (from intervening complications following medical treatment, e.g. emboli, to unusual pathologies arising from simple injuries, e.g. complex regional pain syndrome).

Matthew also has extensive experience of advising upon complex quantum issues including ongoing care and assistance requirements, career forecasting in the context full and partial earnings loss, handicap claims, mitigation of loss and pensions. On a weekly basis, Matthew has conduct of cases with an anticipated six-figure value.

Drawing upon his experience of health and social care law, Matthew regularly acts on behalf of employees, service users, detainees and members of the public who are injured in connection with nursing, community care and mental health provision.

Matthew has experience of inquests and the sensitive, effective conduct of fatal accident and dependency claims.

Matthew also undertakes medical negligence and industrial disease litigation and professional negligence claims arising out of the conduct of personal injury matters.

Representative Cases:

• Evans v. Cig Mon Cymru Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 390 [2008] P.I.Q.R. P17
  
  Matthew acted for the successful appellant in a second-tier procedural appeal concerning points of general public importance (about permissible amendments to statements of case and the proper application of CPR Parts 17.1 and 17.4) applicable to all civil litigation

Relevant Memberships:

• APIL
• PIBA
• PNBA

Recommendations:

• Matthew is recommended as a leading practitioner in the field of "Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence" by the Legal 500 (2008)

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