Brian McCluggage

APPOINTMENTS

Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial) – “Treasury Counsel” (appointed 2002)

PERSONAL INJURY PROFILE

Brian McCluggage has been consistently rated in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories since about 5 years call for personal injury work.

His personal injury practice comprises substantial multitrack work, much of which is worth six figure sums and more. He enjoys dealing with issues of law and is regularly instructed to advise on technical matters. This work is evenly split between claimants and defendants.

In recent years, Mr. McCluggage has developed a significant practice in defending allegedly fraudulent claims on behalf of most main insurers. He has expertise in advising and conducting signifi cant “fraud ring” litigation and has advised and acted in cases involving the torts of deceit and conspiracy.

He seeks to incorporate 5 particular principles within his work:

1. Advocacy which is both robust and persuasive;
2. High quality paperwork;
3. Team-work with those instructing;
4. Careful advance preparation of strategies and evidence for trial;
5. Full use of information technology within practice.

General areas of particular expertise include:

• Fatal Accidents Act cases.
• Industrial Disease, particularly asbestos related conditions, deafness and hand-arm vibration syndrome.
• Conditions where credibility issues often feature, such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, and Fibromyalgia.
• Catastrophic injury, including brain damage, blindness, and severe spinal injury.
• Insurance and technical issues within personal injury work, including MIB and RTA points, together with general insurance law on domestic, motor and commercial policies.

Mr. McCluggage has experience of appellate work in both personal injury and employment litigation and is regularly instructed on heavyweight interlocutory matters in substantial cases.

YEAR OF CALL
1995, Middle Temple
 
EDUCATION
MA (Hons) Law, Cambridge University
LLM, University of Toronto
Middle Temple Fox Scholar
 
ASSOCIATIONS
Personal Injury Bar Association
Employment Lawyers Association

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