Ian Denham

Practice Areas

Ian Denham is a personal injury practitioner with particular expertise in matters involving serious and catastrophic injuries, wrongful deaths and accidents abroad. He has a particular interest in cases with an international element, including claims raising conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues.

His cross-border practice covers matters involving jurisdiction, applicable law, direct rights of action against insurers, accidents in the air and on sea, and claims involving cross-border employment aspects. He regularly advises on the implications of the UK's exit from the EU on cross-border tort matters. He is particularly interested in forum non conveniens issues that arise when seeking permission to serve abroad and in challenges to the Court’s jurisdiction.

Ian has considerable expertise in claims involving the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018. He acts in Aviation and Maritime claims and has an expertise in acting in other common law claims, including the law of Scotland, Guernsey and Gibraltar.

Ian sits on the board of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) and is Secretary of the PEOPIL RTA & Whiplash SIG. He regularly lectures on aspects of travel law both at home and abroad. Ian is the author of the chapter on Package Travel in the leading textbook, the APIL Guide to Accidents Abroad.

Ian also has extensive experience in spinal and brain injury claims with complex future care and accommodation requirements. He has a particular interest in claims arising from surgery performed abroad, which compliments his practice in cross-border personal injury law.