Phenomenal

and

meticulous"

Chambers &

Partners 2011/12

Marcus Grant

Marcus Grant

Profile

Marcus specialises in Personal Injury and Insurance litigation. He has 18 years' experience at the Bar.

His injury practice focuses on traumatic brain injury and chronic pain litigation, mainly for Claimants and motor insurance fraud litigation for various Insurer panels. Many of his subtle brain injury and chronic pain cases have litigated through to trial in recent years.

He is at the forefront of the motor insurers' fight against fraudulent claims having been involved in five of the leading committal cases for contempt of Court in the Divisional Court since June 2010. He  gives policy advice to Insurers on generic litigation strategy. He was Counsel in the case of Nield & Acromas Insurance v. Loveday & Loveday that won the award of 'Outstanding Case of the Year' at the Personal Injury Awards 2011.

He has presented 4 PIBA Seminars to his peers on the subjects of litigating fraudulent claims and subtle brain injury cases, including a presentation at the 2010 Winter PIBA Conference. He has presented four 1½ hour live Webinars on chronic pain, spinal injuries, subtle brain injury litigation and fraudulent claims for Thompson Reuters.  He was published in 2012 by the British Pain Society and spoke at the Society's annual 2012 conference in Liverpool.

He is a member of Lincoln's Inn and teaches on the Inn's Student Advocacy Training Programme. He is on the PI panel of the Bar Pro Bono Unit.

Away from the Bar his interests include his young family, Andalucía, Headway, West London Churches Homeless Concern, the Athenaeum, Rachmaninov, tennis and occasionally Liverpool FC.

 

What the Directories say

Recommended as a leading junior in personal injury (2nd Tier) in Chambers and Partners 2006-2012 and in The Legal 500 [2005-2011].

 

The "phenomenal and meticulous" Marcus Grant earns his stripes for "his excellent research, grasp of the numbers and articulate manner." Allied to this he displays "confidence that permeates through the entire proceedings." He has carved niches in relation to fraud, subtle brain injury and chronic pain cases. Chambers & Partners 2011/2012.

 

"Simply immense..........A leading light in the personal injury world, he excels due to the superb level of knowledge he brings to a case ... out and out a highly formidable opponent to come up against ... specialist in handling brain injury claims for both claimants and defendants with an emphasis on the representation of the former ... takes apart a case from the roots, where medical evidence is in issue ... particularly skilled, is a superb advocate, and also good with clients ... has gained a good name acting for insurers on complex fraud cases and representing claimants in subtle brain injury work ... is full of bright ideas ... very thorough, very skilled and gives reasoned and helpful advice ... capable ... renowned for offering good quality service."

 

Notable Cases

  • Mann v. Bahri [2012] Lawtel 02.04.12 [Subtle brain injury judgment in which the Claimant's medical case was preferred to the Defendant's and a 'Hebran loss of chance model' was adopted]
  • Thompson & Fortis insurance v. Middleton [2012] EWCA Civ 231 [Court of Appeal - Defended a challenge to a chronic pain award of £461,000]
  • Liverpool Victoria v. Bashir & Others [2012] EWHC 895 (Admin) [Divisional Court - First committal case for contempt of Court following a contrived collision claim in the County Court]
  • Lane v. Shah [2012] ACD 1 (Admin) [Divisional Court - contested committal case for contempt of Court]
  • Nield & Acromas v. Loveday & Loveday [2011] EWHC 2324 (Admin) [Divisional Court - contested committal case for contempt of Court]
  • South Wales Fire & Rescue v. Smith [2011] EWHC 1749 (Admin) [Divisional Court - committal case for admitted contempt of Court]
  • Vaile v. London Borough of Havering [2011] EWCA Civ 246 [Court of Appeal - breach of duty and causation issues arising from injuries sustained in an assault]
  • Masood v. Kerr & Pal Ker [2010] EWCA Civ 1347 [Appeal to Court of Appeal on chronic fatigue syndrome]
  • Barnes v. Seabrooke et al [2010] EWHC 1849 (Admin) [Committal Application for contempt of Court against a dishonest litigant. Test case providing guidance on the threshold test and procedure]
  • Clarke v. Maltby [2010] EWHC Civ 1856 (QB) [Defendant who made allegations of dishonesty without evidence and without pleading a positive case of fraud was ordered to pay the Claimant's costs of the action on an indemnity basis]
  • Clarke v. Maltby [2010] EWHC Civ 1201 (QB) [Subtle brain injury judgment in which some of the Defendant's experts were criticised and a 'Hebran loss of chance model' was adopted]
  • Vaile v. London Borough of Havering Lawtel 14.06.10 [Assault at work; QBD judgment on liability. Claimant failed to establish that any breaches of duty of care caused her injury]
  • Vaile v. London Borough of Havering Lawtel 04.06.10 [Costs. Deputy High Court Judge deprived a successful Defendant, whose witness had tampered with evidence, 60% of its costs]
  • Bredbury v. Loomis UK LTLPI 21.01.10[Chronic pain case where a malingering allegation was defeated]
  • Esure Services Limited v. Quarcoo [2009] EWCA Civ 595 [Indemnity costs should be awarded if the claim is dishonest]
  • Williams v. Jervis [2009] EWHC Civ 1837 (QB) [Indemnity costs awarded following criticism of the Defendant's experts]
  • Williams v. Jervis [2008] EWHC Civ 2346 (QB) [Subtle brain injury judgment in which some of the Defendant's experts were discredited]
  • Maranowska v. Richardson & Arriva [2007] EWHC Civ 1264 (QB) [Judgment in a running down action]
  • Collier v. Arriva Yorkshire [2007] Lawtel 07.08.07 [Conscious exaggeration case]
  • Van Wees v. Kharkour & Walsh [2007] EWHC Civ 165 [£1.1 m subtle brain injury judgment]
  • Tucker v. Watt [2005] EWCA Civ 1420 [Weight to be attached to expert evidence]
  • Armstrong v. First York [2005] 1 WLR 2571 [The role of experts in LVCs]
  • Burdis v. Livsey [2003] QB 36 - [Test case on credit hire law]

 

 

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