JUNIOR PROFILE

Daniel Lawson

UK Bar 2026

Cloisters Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Personal Injury

London (Bar)

16 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Personal injury. Specialises in handling challenging liability disputes on behalf of claimants. Particular areas of expertise include complex public and employer’s liability claims; construction industry accidents; work-related psychological injury; road traffic accident reconstruction; claims involving insurance coverage disputes.

He generally acts in high value claims involving injuries of great severity. He has wide experience of dealing with spinal cord injury, serious brain injury, amputation claims and fatal accidents.

Career

Called to Bar in 1994.

Professional Memberships

PIBA; APIL

Personal

Education: Balliol College, Oxford (BA Hons PPE); Birkbeck College, London (MA).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Personal Injury - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Daniel Lawson is recognised by the market as a leading claimant junior who often appears unled against silks in complex injury claims. He focuses on accident at work and RTA cases and is commended for his assistance in multi-track claims. He is also known to handle high-profile liability cases.

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Strengths

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Daniel is amazing on his feet, a brilliant advocate.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Dan’s knowledge of work-based accidents is second to none. He is the leading expert in this area. Dan also has excellent strategic ideas and commercial awareness.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Dan's ability to handle complex liability issues with ease is phenomenal. His advocacy is understated but pragmatic and firm, achieving excellent results.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Daniel excels at workplace personal injury actions. He has a thorough approach to his analysis of the evidence, which gives me full confidence in his advice.
Personal InjuryUK Bar