
Position:
Partner
Specialist Area:
Catastrophic injury, Injury litigation, Sports law
Office:
London
Phone:
020 7293 4046
Email:
jsmith@dac.co.uk
Sports injury claims involving insurance litigation are John's speciality. He is an experienced litigator who deals with high value personal injury claims, especially those involving brain damage and paraplegia, and including serious motor claims and public liability matters. He also lectures on these topics.
Among John's many high profile cases are the ground-breaking Elliott v Saunders football claim and others involving well known clubs and players He also acted on the Bradford city fire case and the Hillsborough disaster litigation. In addition, he has dealt with numerous leisure claims including travel-related litigation such as coach and bus crashes in Turkey and Egypt and a shooting claim in Morocco. John also deals with any jurisdictional and policy-related matters that arise from his work.
