Matthew Brunning

Practice Areas

Mat’s practice predominantly comprises catastrophic and serious injury cases, and cases of complexity. He is regularly involved in cases of the highest value, where care and case management claims comprise the bulk of the value.

Mat receives instructions equally from claimants and defendants.

Mat has many years’ experience of brain injury litigation, having acted through to final assessment or compromise in dozens of such cases. His current case load encompasses the spectrum of brain injuries, from mild TBI through to brain injuries which significantly affect life expectancy. His spinal injury work arises predominantly from RTAs, although he also has experience of workplace accidents giving rise to varying degrees of SCI. He also has many years’ experience of cases involving amputation. Many of Mat’s clients have multi-site or complex orthopaedic injuries. Whilst physical injuries comprise the bulk of his practice, Mat also has significant experience of claims arising predominantly through psychiatric mechanisms, as well as pain cases.

Mat has long experience of assessing the accommodation and related needs of claimants with significant injuries, and their changing needs during the ageing process.

He has wide-ranging experience of the Coroner’s Court, representing families, companies, state institutions and NHS Trusts in a wide variety of inquests, including article 2 and other jury inquests involving allegations of misfeasance or neglect.

Career

Read History at Worcester College, Oxford – 1992-95.

Called to the Bar 1997. DDJ 2013 - 2020.

Professional Memberships

PIBA (assistant secretary). PNBA. AvMA. APIL.

Personal

Mat has 2 adult daughters and 2 dogs.