He specialises in representing Defendants in personal injury, employer’s liability and public liability work. His very strong academic credentials include a double First and scholarship from Oxford University and a major scholarship from Gray’s Inn. He is preferred Counsel for a number of large insurance clients.
He is an extremely effective advocate in claims where the Defendant alleges fraud. There are few advocates with comparable trial experience or an equivalent success rate in this type of case (which include over 80 findings of fundamental dishonesty at trial since 2019). His style was recently described by a County Court Judge in one of these cases as “polite but devastating”.
James has had frequent involvement with cases involving social media, telematics and surveillance evidence. He has dealt with a number of cases involving extensive fraud rings with very large volumes of material.
Other areas of expertise include highway claims, credit hire, housing disrepair and possessions, inquests, civil costs, travel claims and injunctions.
He is happily married with three children and two large dogs. He is, periodically, a keen endurance athlete completing Ironman triathlons, the Devizes to Westminster canoe race and numerous marathons and ultramarathons around the world.
