Chris Taft

Practice Areas

Chris has specialised in personal injury work for over 25 years. He acts for both claimants and defendants. He has extensive experience of a wide range of multi-track personal injury work, including road traffic accidents, accidents at work, public liability, consumer protection, stress at work, abuse and fraud. He has a loyal following of solicitors in the personal injury field. Following his appointment to the Treasury Panel in 2012, Chris has acted on numerous occasions for central government departments in personal injury cases. Chris is frequently instructed in cases involving large losses and where there is serious dispute between the medical experts. He understands the importance of a careful examination of the evidence - and particularly the medical evidence - and he will devote the time to a case that the issues and the evidence demand. He has considerable experience of pain cases, both CRPS and the more generalised pain conditions in relation to which the genuineness of the presentation and medical causation are in serious contention. Chris understands the importance of legal and technical knowledge, but the importance also of developing a rapport with lay clients and of seeing both sides of the case. He has conducted innumerable Joint Settlement Meetings, including the successful mediation for a claimant of a matter listed for final hearing in the Court of Appeal. Chris has considerable experience of appearing before the CICAP and CICB, having for many years received instructions to act on behalf of injured police officers in that tribunal.