Matthew White
Call 1997 (Gray’s Inn)
Appointments Junior Counsel to the Crown (2002)
Qualifications MA (Oxon)
Professional Memberships Personal Injury Bar Association; Employment Law Bar Association
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Personal Injury
Matthew spent his first years of practice in chambers in London. He moved to Bristol at the end of 1999 and has practised at St John’s Chambers since then.
The bulk of his practice is in personal injury work, and he routinely deals with all aspects of such litigation for both Claimants and Defendants (his practice being split roughly equally between Claimant and Defendant work). The types of work dealt with most frequently are:
- Employers’ Liability
- Public Liability
- Industrial Injuries and Diseases
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Tripping and Slipping cases
- Occupiers’ Liability
- Inquests
Matthew has particular interests in accidents at work, occupational illness litigation (particularly Stress at Work, WRULD, NIHL and asbestos related conditions), and highway claims.
Matthew regularly represents a number of local authorities and statutory undertakers in claims concerning accidents on the highway.
In the early years of practice he dealt with a large volume of credit hire litigation, and he continues to undertake such work, generally in higher value claims.
Matthew has experience in costs issues, including costs issues associated with conditional fee claims. In addition to routine summary assessments of costs, he undertakes detailed costs assessments when required.
He frequently undertakes inquest work with particular emphasis on ECHR article 2 inquests.
Matthew has conducted a number of CRU appeals and criminal injury compensation claims and he regularly speaks on current PI topics.
Civil Fraud
Matthew is regularly instructed in low velocity impact road traffic claims, and is used to dealing with the expert medical and engineering evidence often obtained in such cases. He has experience of phantom passenger claims and allegations of exaggeration.
His cross-over with construction work has resulted in his dealing with suspected fraudulent building fire claims.
Matthew also practices in Employment Law and Construction Law.
