Daniel Lawson
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Personal Injury
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About
Provided by Daniel Lawson
Practice Areas
Personal injury. Specialises in handling challenging liability disputes on behalf of claimants. Particular areas of expertise include complex public and employer’s liability claims; construction industry accidents; work-related psychological injury; road traffic accident reconstruction; claims involving insurance coverage disputes.
He generally acts in high value claims involving injuries of great severity. He has wide experience of dealing with spinal cord injury, serious brain injury, amputation claims and fatal accidents.
Career
Called to Bar in 1994.
Professional Memberships
PIBA; APIL
Personal
Education: Balliol College, Oxford (BA Hons PPE); Birkbeck College, London (MA).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Daniel Lawson is recognised by the market as a leading claimant junior who often appears unled against silks in complex injury claims. He focuses on accident at work and RTA cases and is commended for his assistance in multi-track claims. He is also known to handle high-profile liability cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Daniel has a very sought-after skill of being able to consider numerous and multifaceted complex issues, which often overlap, and to draw these altogether and cut through to the crux of the issues."
"He is a real grafter who is thorough and really cares about his cases."
"Dan is a highly skilled advocate. He has a good rapport with clients, is always well prepared and in very complex matters he can cut through the detail to provide clear and succinct advice."
"He has superb knowledge of the area, is always very clear in his advice and instils absolute confidence."
"Daniel has a very sought-after skill of being able to consider numerous and multifaceted complex issues, which often overlap, and to draw these altogether and cut through to the crux of the issues."
"He is a real grafter who is thorough and really cares about his cases."
"Dan is a highly skilled advocate. He has a good rapport with clients, is always well prepared and in very complex matters he can cut through the detail to provide clear and succinct advice."
"He has superb knowledge of the area, is always very clear in his advice and instils absolute confidence."
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