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Angus Piper
Call: 1991
Angus Piper’s main practice area is clinical negligence, in which he has more than 20 years’ experience, in the main on behalf of NHS Trusts and other Defendant organisations (notably the MDU).
He has acted for clinicians in all fields, including Consultants, Dentists, GPs and Nurses. In addition, he continues to practice personal injury, as he has done for 30 years, mostly acting on behalf of local authorities and insurers, and particularly in high value highways claims and in cases involving persons injured by trees.
Angus prides himself on his tactical acumen and has been involved in numerous mediations and settlement meetings as well as appearing in all levels of court across the nation and in a number of high-profile Inquests. He regularly appears against Silks and in claims worth millions of pounds, having cut his teeth in the seminal quantum case of Eagle v Chambers many years ago.
Angus has conducted hundreds of clinical negligence cases over the years and is regularly engaged against the leading Silks in the field. He is adept at handling clients who may themselves be eminent clinicians in their chosen field, as well as experts who are often at the pinnacle of their profession. He prides himself on being “user-friendly” and realistic in terms of assessing cases, both as regards merits and quantum. He enjoys the cut and thrust of advocacy and (where appropriate) deal making to settle claims on the best possible terms for his client.
He has been involved in multiple complex cases involving the whole gamut of medical issues, including surgical complications, cauda equina syndrome, failure to diagnose, failure to refer timeously, wrongful diagnosis and/or treatment, birth difficulties and congenital disabilities (such as undiagnosed hip dysplasia in a toddler).
Angus generally acts defending claims for local authorities and for the major insurers in the field. As well as the more usual run of RTA claims, in which Angus acts enthusiastically having cut his teeth acting in multiple claims in particular on behalf of Davies Arnold Cooper and Vizards (as they were then named) and latterly for DWF and Weightmans, he has a particular sub-speciality in Highways claims involving vehicles (such as AC v Devon), and for claims involving buses and those where people are injured by falling trees. He has dealt with claims involving motorcycles as well as cars, buses and pedestrians. His advocacy skills come to the fore in such claims.
Recently, in a rare outing on behalf of a claimant, he acted for the professional jockey, Freddie Tylicki in a victorious high court trial against a fellow jockey who had cut across Freddie’s horse and forced it against the rail, leading to the horse falling and leaving Freddie paraplegic (Tylicki v Gibbons).
Angus prides himself on getting to the heart of quantum aspects as well as the mechanics of breach of duty when he is involved in any personal injury claim.
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