Simon Brindle

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About Simon Brindle

Simon is an experienced and skilled barrister, practicing in the fields of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. Simon can be trusted to help progress the most difficult of cases. In personal injury, his work is split roughly 67/33%. He conducts cases in his own right and as junior counsel. In Clinical Negligence, Simon acts exclusively for Claimants. Clients take to Simon’s warm and engaging, but authoritive style. He swiftly builds up the rapport of trust and confidence, with both lay and insurer clients, fundamental to a successful outcome in any case. Simon is instructed predominantly in catastrophic injuries cases, traumatic brain injuries cases, amputation cases, employers’ liability claims, fatal accidents claims, road traffic accident claims – particularly accidents involving motorcycles - and public liability claims. He can be relied upon to manage cases involving multiple expert disciplines, and to draft detailed and comprehensive Schedules and Counter-Schedules. He is listed as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500, in which he is described as “A thoroughly modern barrister: erudite and technically proficient, but with an approachable manner.” Simon's clinical negligence practice ranges from negligent treatment to delayed diagnosis, including of cancer. Causation issues permeate through most clinical negligence cases. His professional clients rely on Simon to explain them, in clear and simple terms, to their lay clients, and help obtain appropriate and cogent evidence on the issues from the experts in the case. Simon’s clients find his firm, but approachable style has helped achieve successful outcomes in almost all cases he has been involved in. His quantum experience includes establishing causation in ‘loss of a chance’ cases and delayed diagnosis