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Chris is an experienced civil litigator based in our Sheffield office with over 12 years’ experience acting for large self-insured and insured clients across a broad range of industrial disease, personal injury EL/PL and product liability claims from letter of claim to costs with a deep understanding of NIHL claims and a specific interest in data breach claims.

Chris works closely with central government departments, large international companies, major insurers and companies of all sizes providing business-focused advice and pragmatic solutions allowing clients to move forward with confidence.

Chris has a particular interest in the life sciences and healthcare sectors with his background in biotechnology and is active in the advanced manufacturing and telecommunications and media sectors, particularly in the management of liabilities following a cyber or data breach incident.  Chris also has an interest in technology solutions delivering value to clients.

Relevant experience

  • Successfully defending vicarious liability claim for practical joke in the workplace that went wrong to appeal stage.
  • Successfully enforcing fixed costs in the Court of Appeal on EL/PL claims that should have been submitted via a fixed costs regime, but were not.
  • Challenging the entitlement of claimants to a pre-issue decision on liability before relevant evidence was provided in the Court of Appeal.
  • Obtaining and enforcing wasted costs orders on deficiently pursued claims.
  • Dealing with over 500 industrial disease and personal injury claims.

Education

  • 2006 – LPC, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield
  • 2002 – PGDL, The School of Law, Chester
  • 2001 – MA Biotechnology & Ethics, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield
  • 2000 – BSc Microbiology & Genetics, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield

Insights by Chris

Court of Appeal removes key hurdle for data protection claimants

04 Sep 2025 7 min read

Group Litigation Orders not always the appropriate method to resolve multiple claims

07 Dec 2023 6 min read

Supreme Court, deliberate concealment and limitation periods

22 Nov 2023 6 min read

High Court rejects CPR 19.8 class action, demonstrating challenges of mass data claims

30 May 2023 7 min read
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