Personal Injury

Matthew has already gained experience representing Claimants and Defendants in a wide range of personal injury matters.  During pupillage he:

  • Assisted Emma-Louise Fenelon in O’Connell v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 2301 (KB), a two-week High Court trial involving liability in negligence and under the Animals Act and the application of fundamental dishonesty.
  • Provided advice on the applicability of the defence of volenti non fit injuria.
  • Provided advice in a case involving alleged automatism and the standard of care.
  • Drafted a skeleton argument for an interim payment application.

He is also seconded to a leading clinical negligence and personal injury firm.

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Appointments

Attorney General’s ‘Junior Junior’ Panel

Awards

  • Hempsons Prize for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (Top of year in Law and Ethics of Medicine, University of Cambridge), 2023.
  • Littleton Chambers Prize for Labour Law (Top of year in Labour Law, University of Cambridge), 2023.
  • Lady Clare Precious Pearl Prize (Best humanities dissertation, Clare College), 2023.
  • William Senior Prize for Law (Best mark in Part II Law Tripos, Clare College), 2023.
  • Exhibition Scholarship (Outstanding performance in final year, Clare College), 2023.
  • Foundation Scholarship (Clare College), 2022.
  • College Prize (Clare College), 2022.

Education

  • Inns of Court College of Advocacy, PgDip Bar Practice, Distinction, 2023-2024.
  • University of Cambridge, BA Law, Double First Class (2nd in year), 2020-2023.

Memberships

ALBA

Publications

  • ‘Disclosing Alternative Treatments: Towards a Bolam-Montgomery Partnership’ (2024) 40(3) Journal of Professional Negligence 107.
  • ‘Accidents, Crises, and Events in the Supreme Court: Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust’ (2025) 88(3) Modern Law Review 585.

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