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Personal Injury - North Eastern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Andrew Axon combines his outstanding personal injury practice with his work in clinical negligence. He is instructed by both the defence and the prosecution in serious, high-value cases, and excels in those relating to brain and spinal injury as well as amputations. He regularly appears in cases before the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
Strengths
He is popular with clients.
His attention to detail is unmatched. He is very well prepared; he is very able in that respect.
Clinical Negligence - North Eastern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Andrew Axon acts on both the claimant and defendant sides of heavyweight serious injury claims including those arising from surgical negligence, delayed diagnosis of diseases and a failure to supervise those at risk of suicide. He is widely renowned for his handling of cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury claims.
Strengths
Andrew is a bit of a superstar and a real character. He is very charming and incredibly intelligent. He is a great guy to work with as he gets what you need to know.
Andrew is an outstanding junior. He has great understanding of the issues involved in clinical negligence work and great rapport with clients.
Andrew is one of the top barristers for really complicated and heavily contested cases. He is a very intelligent, thorough and impressive advocate.