Barrister > Peter Brooks
| Year of call : | 1986 |
| Area of Practice : | Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence: Peter Brooks undertakes claimant representation work only. He specialises in serious head injuries and high-value claims, particularly catastrophic head injuries, quadriplegia or paraplegia. His practice covers all the major courts and the CICA. Conditional fee arrangements are accepted. |
| Notable Cases : | Maloney v Torfaen County Borough Council [2005] EWCA Civ 1762 [2006] PIQR P21 Times, January 10, 2006 CA Evidential facts : Occupiers Liability Act 1984 : Traumatic head injury : Liability X v Brown [2003] EWCA Civ 181 Traumatic head injury : Novice in karate class : Principle of mismatch; Measure of damages: Claimant of pre-employment age Roberts v Bro Taf Health Authority [2002] Lloyds Rep Med 182 Clinical negligence : Sterilisation : Disabled child: Spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy: Measure of damages : Wrongful birth : Impecuniosity of family. Re C (2000) Butterworths PILS 202 CICA, Birmingham Child abuse : Measure of damages : Disabled victim : Spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy Williams, Davies, Grey, Brown v Gwent Health Authority (1995) Kemp Measure of damages : Irritant contact dermatitis : Hospitals Re Lightfoot [1988] 2 All ER 78 CA [1989] 1 FLR 414 [1989] FCR 305 (Donaldson MR) Breach : Contempt of Court : Sentencing guidelines : Judgments and Orders |
| Recommendations : | Leader at the PI Bar cited in Chambers UK since 2004. Peter has also been recommended in the Legal 500 each year since 2006 for his claimant work and his particular experience in catastrophic head injuries. |
| Education : | LLB (Liverpool) |
| Professional Memberships : | Personal Injury Bar Association |
| Seminars : | Peter is an approved and accredited CPD lecturer in personal injury for solicitors and other practitioners. |
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