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About
Provided by Adam Dawson
Practice Areas
Personal injury and Clinical Negligence
Career
Adam completed pupillage at 199 Strand where he was a tenant until joining 9 Gough Chambers (now Deka Chambers) in 2006. His career has always focussed on Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence, predominantly acting for Claimants. Adam has built up an outstanding reputation with his ability to put clients at ease, providing clear advice in a sensitive and effective way. He is liked and well respected amongst peers and known as a tough court room advocate. In negotiations, Adam is tenacious on behalf of his clients.
Adam has been head/joint head of the Personal Injury Team at Deka Chambers since 2019, where he has developed a series of webinars and training programmes. His current workload includes catastrophic spinal and brain injuries, pedestrian and general road traffic accidents and a variety of employer liability claims. Adam continues to undertake a significant proportion of Clinical Negligence and Inquest work. Adam represent clients across the country and at all level of court.
Professional Memberships
APIL
Publications
Adam has contributed to a number of publications including Jordan’s Guide to Road Traffic Accidents; 9 Gough Square Clinical Negligence volumes 1-4 and as co-editor of APIL’s updated Guide to RTAs.
Personal
Adam was educated at the University of Leeds. He is married with three children. Adam is Chair of a Mental Health Charity; trustee of a social care charity and enjoys playing (and watching) most sports
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Adam Dawson has a personal injury practice that includes fatal accident, brain and spinal injury cases. This broad base of expertise also serves his predominantly claimant clients extremely well in areas such as EL/PL claims and RTAs. He is well versed in claims with a complex dependency angle.
Adam Dawson is noted for his expert handling of a wide range of clinical negligence claims, and has experience appearing both led and unled in high-value and complex matters. His broad expertise encompasses amputation claims and cases arising from delays in diagnosis.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Adam is a skilled advocate in the courtroom. He pays attention to detail and provides good, clear comprehensive advice. Adam is friendly, approachable and with excellent drafting skills."
"Adam will grasp the issues in a case immediately and his advice is clear and concise. He is very good with clients and puts them at ease."
"Adam always deals with matters promptly, including ad hoc queries. He is extremely good with clients and communicates clearly."
"He is very user-friendly, practical, very pragmatic and unfailingly cheerful regardless of the stresses. He is really great at pushing through difficult cases to get to a deal."
"Adam is extremely effective in sorting all manner of problems and can provide innovative solutions and ways to counter defendants."
"He is very user-friendly, pragmatic and unfailingly cheerful regardless of the stresses."
"Adam is excellent counsel - he's technically very able and he has a great manner with clients."
"Adam is a skilled advocate in the courtroom. He pays attention to detail and provides good, clear comprehensive advice. Adam is friendly, approachable and with excellent drafting skills."
"Adam will grasp the issues in a case immediately and his advice is clear and concise. He is very good with clients and puts them at ease."
"Adam always deals with matters promptly, including ad hoc queries. He is extremely good with clients and communicates clearly."
"He is very user-friendly, practical, very pragmatic and unfailingly cheerful regardless of the stresses. He is really great at pushing through difficult cases to get to a deal."
"Adam is extremely effective in sorting all manner of problems and can provide innovative solutions and ways to counter defendants."
"He is very user-friendly, pragmatic and unfailingly cheerful regardless of the stresses."
"Adam is excellent counsel - he's technically very able and he has a great manner with clients."
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