Travel: International Personal Injury
London (Bar)
18 years ranked
Provided by 12 King's Bench Walk
Philip is a member of the International and Travel Group of 12KBW with an established practice in the field of cross-border personal injury and employment law. He has been named as a Band1 or Star Individual in Chambers & Partners for several years in respect of International and Travel Claims and has appeared in the leading cases on jurisdiction and conflict of laws. Philip has particular expertise in the field of European law, in respect of the application of the Judgments Regulation, the Rome II Regulation and the Motor Insurance Directives.
Philip’s personal injury practice involves claims of the utmost severity and includes the following areas: road traffic accident claims, direct actions against foreign insurers and compensation bodies, employer’s liability claims, product liability claims, fatal accident claims, package holiday claims and maritime and aviation claims.
Philip’s employment practice has involved peripatetic and overseas workers, seafarers, claims against foreign embassies and international organisations, in relation to claims for breach of contract, discrimination and breach of statutory rights.
Philip has received instructions directly from foreign lawyers and foreign clients. He is able to act on a direct access basis without the need to instruct an English solicitor.
Call: 1989
Member of PIBA, Pan-European Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers (General Board Member for England and Wales) TATLA; ELBA; ELA; BEG; UKAEL.
Provided by Chambers
Philip Mead is often instructed in high-value claims arising from RTAs and package holidays. He acts for both claimants and defendants in claims brought against insurers, compensation bodies and employers. He is well versed in accidents abroad that involve conflicts of law.
Provided by Chambers
He is a very skilled advocate, having dealt with such a wide range of work.
Philip has good attention to detail; he is very lateral in his thinking and in his curation of solutions.
He is loved by clients thanks to his client-handling style; when he talks to someone who needs him, he puts them at ease in awful circumstances.
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