Ian Denham

Career

Called: 2003

Professional Memberships

Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL)

Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA)

Middle Temple

Northern Circuit

Publications

APIL Guide to Accidents Aboard (2nd Edition). Chapter 3, Package Travel.

‘Medical Tourism and Package Travel Regulations’ co-authored with Polina Sokolovska of Stewarts Law. JPIL, Issue 3, 2024.

Standard Practice: establishing breach of duty when clinical negligence occurs abroad, PI Focus July 2024.

Direct Route; Direct Actions Against Overseas Insurers Post-Brexit, PI Focus September 2023.

‘Direct actions against overseas insurers post-Brexit’ co-authored with Craig Evans of Clyde & Co.

Practice Areas

Ian is a leading specialist in cross-border personal injury law, known for his mastery of complex jurisdictional disputes and applicable law issues. His career involves navigating the implications of Brexit on international torts, with a particular interest in forum non conveniens and challenges to court jurisdiction.

Ian has significant experience in claims governed by the laws of common law jurisdictions such as Guernsey, Gibraltar, and Cyprus, including a notable £23 million settlement in a Guernsey-based case. As the author of the Package Travel chapter in the APIL Guide to Accidents Abroad, Ian is a go-to junior for disputes involving the Package Travel Regulations 2018 and local safety standards.

Ian is a frequent lecturer on the evolution of international civil procedure and is regularly instructed in catastrophic injury claims where the accident occurred outside the UK.