Practice Areas
https://www.3pb.co.uk/barristers/duncan-mcnair/ 
Duncan McNair practices in personal injury and clinical negligence, enjoying a substantial advisory and court practice. He also advises and represents parties at Inquests and in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Duncan acts for both claimants and defendants in all elements of personal injury law including serious road traffic accidents, occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability, military injury claims and high value claims. He often advises in complex disputes requiring extensive schedules and involving challenging causation issues.
Duncan has particular expertise in employers' liability, specifically cases involving accidents at work, where his background outside law and his degree in physics provide a particular insight and skill when dealing with technical expert evidence.
Duncan’s clinical negligence practice involves issues of limitation and knowledge, consent and negligently performed surgery, including in particular cosmetic surgery. His advisory work is very highly regarded and he is one of the few practitioners in this field to have direct experience of clinical negligence litigation all the way through to judgment.
Taking a practical and unflinching approach to risk assessments in marginal CFA cases, Duncan is not afraid to run cases where prospects are less than guaranteed. He is regarded as an accomplished and fearless advocate by both professional and lay clients.
He also has experience advising and representing parties at Inquests and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.