LLM, BPP University
LLB (Hons), BPP University
Panel Member – CPS Level 2, General Crime
Personal Injury Bar Associate
Northern Circuit
Middle Temple
Independent member (Non-Executive Director) - Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board
Chair of the Board of Trustees – North Wales Community Law
Clerk to the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service
Christopher practises in personal injury and civil litigation, alongside a busy criminal practice. He also has a developing regulatory and professional discipline practice, drawing on his experience across his core practice areas as well as his work within a large public body.
He is regularly instructed in fast-track, intermediate-track, intermediate track and multi-track personal injury claims, including complex liability disputes, and frequently acts in employers’ liability, occupiers’ liability, highways and public liability claims. Christopher has extensive experience preparing pleadings and schedules of loss in claims valued in excess of £100,000, and is currently instructed as sole counsel in matters pleaded in excess of £1 million. His work frequently involves detailed analysis of liability, quantum and evidential issues across a broad range of personal injury litigation, and he is known for providing clear, practical advice and working closely with solicitors to prepare cases for trial.
Alongside his civil practice, Christopher appears regularly in both the Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court.
Christopher is Chair of the Board of Trustees of North Wales Community Law and serves as a Non-Executive Director of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, giving him particular insight into governance, regulation and decision-making within large public bodies. This experience informs his regulatory and disciplinary work, particularly in matters involving professional standards, fitness to practise and organisational decision-making.
Before coming to the Bar, he served for a short period in the British Army.
Outside of practice, Christopher enjoys playing sport, particularly rugby, where he may lack talent but does not lack enthusiasm.
LC v Ofsted (2026) – Represented a Supported Accommodation Provider appealing to the FTT following Ofsted’s refusal of their applications for registration as both a provider and RSM.
AB v CD Ltd (2025) – Drafted pleadings and schedule of loss in a high-value employer’s liability claim arising from diesel fume inhalation causing respiratory injury. Claim pleaded in excess of £830,000.
GMC v Dr Z (2025) – Represented a doctor before the MPTS who was facing erasure as a result of allegations of dishonesty relating to his registration and completion of medical training. Following a full hearing and subsequent review hearing, the Tribunal concluded that the doctor’s fitness to practice was no longer impaired and he was safe to return to practice without condition.
EF v NHS Trust (2025) – Acting in a claim arising from an assault on a mental health care assistant in a secure unit, involving complex psychiatric injury and loss of career opportunity.
GH v IJ (2025) – Drafted pleadings and schedule of loss in a road traffic claim involving unilateral deafness requiring a bone-anchored hearing aid and future treatment. Settled pre‑litigation for £100,000.
KL v Insurer (2025) – Advised on medical evidence and drafted the schedule of loss in a personal injury claim involving a tibial plateau fracture and post‑traumatic osteoarthritis. Settled pre‑litigation for £88,242.
MN v OP (2025) – Drafted pleadings and schedule of loss in a cycling accident claim involving disputed causation and loss of earnings following inability to continue the claimant’s trade. Settled for £68,000.
AA v NFUM (2023) – Obtained a finding of fundamental dishonesty and the disapplication of QOCS pursuant to CPR 44.16 following the claimant’s discontinuance of the claim.
DL v K & Ors (2023) – Represented an insurer seeking recovery of indemnity paid following a collision involving an uninsured driver, involving complex arguments concerning deceit and exemplary damages.
CB v KB (2023) – Represented a defendant shopkeeper in an Equality Act disability discrimination claim arising during Covid‑19 restrictions. Claim dismissed following summary judgment on the morning of trial.
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