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Personal Injury - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Julian Matthews is an accomplished and hugely experienced senior junior who handles catastrophic injury cases of the utmost severity. He acts for both defendants and claimants, offering specific expertise in medically complex brain injuries and RTAs involving significant liability issues. His personal injury work benefits from his background in civil and family law.
Strengths
He is very elegant in court and has a solution-focused attitude yet is not afraid of ruffling feathers when needed.
Julian is simply superb. He is the master of his brief and combines a keen strategic mind with a charming manner with his client.
Clinical Negligence - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Julian Matthews has over 30 years' experience in handling the most complex cases of the highest value. He is instructed by both claimants and defendants and has a particular interest in brain injury claims.
Strengths
Julian is hyper-intelligent and has good client rapport. He gets straight to the crux of the case and is a go-to when things get really complicated.
Julian can deal with really complex issues very quickly and can get to the bottom of the expert evidence supremely quickly and skilfully. He is amazing with experts.
The quality of Julian’s work is outstanding, he has an excellent blend of experience and tactical awareness. He is outstandingly caring, capable and calm.
Julian understands the process from both a claimant and defendant perspective and utilises this to steer cases and head off potential issues with a high level of expertise.
Julian has excellent negotiating and advocacy skills. He is very easy to work with.