Civil
Mr Knagg has a wide experience of claims where injury has been caused: workplace claims, public liability claims, road traffic accident claims and clinical negligence. He is regularly instructed in claims of significant value and complexity with a caseload including claims involving catastrophic injuries. He is instructed by both claimant’s and insurer clients. He has instructed to represent parties at both JSM’s and at mediation. He regularly accepts instructions on interlocutory matters, including cost case management hearings in multitrack claims. Mr Knagg can be trusted to adhere to time requirements in producing pleadings, advices and related paperwork and is skilled in advising on those technical and tactical matters inherent in litigation.
Road Traffic Accident claims: he has a broad practice for both claimants and insurer clients in all forms of RTA work, including major, multi-party collisions, motor-cycle accidents, cyclist actions, accidents involving pedestrians, LVI allegations (both claimant and defendant), fraud allegations (claimant and defendant), credit hire and MIB claims.
Employers Liability: he has a broad range of experience in this field of work garnered over nearly 30 years of receiving instructions in this type of action in varying degrees of complexity.
Public / Occupiers Liability: Mr Knagg is regularly instructed to act in actions involving injury on the public highway concerning both local authorities and land-owners. He has also successfully pursued actions alleging breach of the Occupiers Liability Acts (1957 and 1984) against local authorities, schools, shops, restaurants and office premises.
Clinical negligence: he has a broad experience in pursuing claims involving negligent treatment including claims concerning clinical consent, plastic surgery, negligent surgery and negligent clinical advice. Actioans have been successfully pursued against various NHS Trusts and GP’s.
Other areas of practice:
Professional negligence against solicitors in the field of personal injury;
Trespass to the person;
Animals Act;
CRU appeals;
Detailed Assessments.