Fraser Lindsay - 7 Harrington Street Chambers

Area of Expertise

Mr. Lindsay has a wide experience of Claims where injury has been caused in the workplace, public places (to encompass Highways Act and Occupiers’ Act litigation), road traffic collisions etc. and where the claim is of significant value and complexity. He has an impressive past and present caseload of claims involving catastrophic injuries instructed by both Claimant and Insurer clients.

Mr Lindsay regularly represents both Claimants and Defendants on matters of significant value and complexity as shown by following recent examples;

Mr Lindsay has extensive experience of acting for both Claimants and Social Landlords to pursue and defend claims for damages borne from alleged housing disrepair.

He is experienced in pursuing and defending possession claims and has pleaded and advised on claims for damages due to a failure to protect tenancy deposits and unlawful eviction.

Appointments

Deputy District Judge (Northern Circuit)

Attorney General’s Regional B panel.

Directories

Legal 500 2026: Tier 2 “Fraser is extremely approachable. He has a knack for connecting with clients and a natural talent for explaining complex legal issues in a simple and easily understandable way”

Legal 500 2025: Tier 2 (Leading junior personal injury)

‘Fraser is an exceptional barrister with a real grasp of what is required. He is fantastic on his feet, a strong negotiator, tactically excellent, and he is responsive, happy to discuss cases, and turns around papers quickly.’

Legal 500 2024: Tier 2 (Leading junior personal injury)

“Fraser is personable and approachable both with clients and instructing solicitors. He has good attention to detail and is good at grasping issues. He provides a prompt service and return of papers, and is a good communicator.’”

Legal 500 2023 Tier 2

“Fraser is approachable, very efficient and firm in providing both the initial prospects opinion and advice, and then as the claim proceeds.”

Ranked: Tier 3

(Legal 500 2022) ( Leading Junior Personal Injury)

‘He is a very reasoned and balanced thinker, but if instructed to take a different course of action to that which he has advised he will do so with the vigour. He does nothing by half measures.’

Ranked: Tier 3

(Legal 500 2021) (Leading Junior Personal Injury)

“He has a pragmatic and holistic approach to cases” (Legal 500 2020) Ranked Tier 3 Personal Injury Leading Junior

“He has a reassuring manner with witnesses” (Legal 500 2018) Ranked Tier 1

Training & Seminars

Mr. Lindsay has and is willing to provide training and seminars to Solicitors on a wide range of topics.

In the past Mr. Lindsay has provided seminars in the following areas;

Fatal Accidents;
Animals Act
Highway Tripping Claims;
Credit Hire;
Case preparation including the drafting of witness statements; and
Consumer Protection Litigation.
In the past Mr. Lindsay has assisted in the preparation and conduct of mock trials. For example, he has taken part in a mock trial for the benefit of NHS litigation departments within the North west to assist them to understand and see the potential issues which arise in a claim of assault by a patient.

Mr. Lindsay further assisted with the preparation and conduct of 2 mock trials, one in Manchester and one in London, for the benefit of local authority, charitable and social landlords in the area of Landlord and Tenant litigation. The exercise was very useful to inform the participants of the common issues which arise in such cases and how such claims can be defeated/the Defence strengthened.

In early 2022 Mr. Lindsay delivered training on “Fundamental Dishonesty” to approximately 80 delegates from various government legal departments.

In 2024 Mr. Lindsay delivered training to a multi-national Defendant firm on the implementation and effect of the new fixed cost rules to fast track, intermediate track and multi-track claims

In 2025 Mr. Lindsay assisted with the preparation and conduct of a mock JSM for the Manchester Claims association and the Insurance Institute of Manchester playing the role of Claimant Counsel.

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Practice Overview

Mr. Lindsay was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2006 and practices in all areas of Civil Litigation, primarily those involving cases of personal injury.

Mr. Lindsay has extensive experience in a wide field of personal injury matters and accepts instructions for both Claimants and Defendants on cases of significant value including 6 figure sums.

He is renowned for his extremely swift turnaround of paperwork, irrespective of complexity.

He is trusted to offer practical and robust advice in light of the cogency of the evidence and risks of litigation. Any advice he provides will take into account the wider commercial implications of a case.

Notable/Recent Cases

C (2020): Represented a Claimant who had sustained a significant injury to his eye that had resulted in a loss of visual field vision and an inability to perform his work as a mechanic. He had lost his Class 2 licence and could not undertake overtime to test the vehicles on which he worked. Settled at JSM for £155,000.00.
(2020) Represented a Claimant who suffered a significant fracture to his dominant elbow in a workplace accident. By reason of the aforesaid, the Claimant is unable to return to his pre-accident employment as a site manager and is treated as disabled. After conference, the Claim settled for £100,000.00.
(2020) Represented the applicants in a long-standing neighbour dispute at mediation. The applicants were seeking an injunction and damages under the Harassment Act following a break-down in their relationship with their neighbours, with allegations on both sides of trespass, nuisance and threats/abuse.
(2020 to Date). Representing a Claimant who has suffered significant knee injuries that have necessitated a reconstruction and will require future revision. The Claimant, in his 30s, will not be able to return to work and is classified at disabled. The Claim is pleaded in excess of £300,000.00;
(2020). Represented a Claimant in a chronic pain case, who was injured after what appeared to be a fairly innocuous road traffic accident. The Claim settled after conference for £50,000.00.
(2020) Represented a Claimant who suffered a crush injury to her dominant right hand in a workplace accident, resulting in the loss of her thumb. The Claim settled after conference and negotiations for £120,000.00.
(2020). Briefed to represent a Claimant who suffered an injury to his right dominant shoulder in a workplace accident. The matter settled in the week before the start of the 3-day trial.
(2020 to Date). Representing a Claimant who as an infant was involved in a road traffic accident. The Claimant suffered a serious leg injury, which now requires him to use orthotics for life. By reason of his period of recovery/rehabilitation, the Claimant missed a significant period of schooling and did not reach his academic potential. The Claim is pleaded at £400,000.00.
(2020) Represented a Claimant who suffered significant lower limb and eye injuries in a Claim against an uninsured driver. Claim settled after conference at £125,000.00.
(2020) Represented a Claimant who suffered a significant crushing injury at work. The Claimant was required to retrain to allow her to work and adapt to her limitations. Claim settled for £300,000.
(2021) Representing an insurer in a Claim where the Claimant contends that she is suffering with complex regional pain syndrome to the foot. The Claim is pleaded in excess of £250,000.00. The insurer is alleging that the Claimant is fundamentally dishonest.
(2021 to Date). Representing the Ministry of Justice at a multi-day trial that is due to be listed in 2022. The Claim involves an alleged serious back injury that was caused by an accident at work.
(2021). Represented a Claimant who suffered an injury at a building site where liability was in dispute. The Claimant will be unable to return to his pre-accident occupation and will need to retrain in a less manual role. The Claim settled after conference for £190,000.00.
(2021) Represented Ministry of Justice in a Claim brought by a former employee for alleged injuries sustained at work. The Claimant alleged that he is suffering with chronic pain and will be unable to return to work. The Claim was pleaded at £1,000,000.00 and settled at a JSM for £315,000.00.
(2021) Represented a Claimant who suffered a significant knee injury in a road traffic accident and will require repeat knee replacements in the future. Liability remained in dispute. Settled after conference in the sum of £150,000.00;
(2021). Represented an insurer faced with a Claim by a young Claimant who alleged that her Olympic career had been affected by a back injury caused in a road traffic accident. Following the service of a Defence and counter schedule pleaded by Mr. Lindsay, in which fundamental dishonesty was raised, the matter settled for a fraction of its pleaded value;
(2022 to Date) Representing a Claimant who has lost several fingers of his dominant hand in a workplace accident. The Claimant is unable to return to work and seeks significant damages for past/future care and lost earnings;
(2022) Represented Claimant at a JSM where a compromise of £185,000 was secured. The Claimant will have to retire earlier than anticipated due to a back injury suffered in a road traffic collision;
(2022 to Date) Representing an insurer to defend a Claim brought by a Claimant for alleged catastrophic injuries (complex regional pain), which she says has limited her ability to work and tend to her domestic tasks. The Claim is pleaded in excess of £250,000.00. The case is being defended on an allegation of fundamental dishonesty following the acquisition of surveillance evidence;
(2022) Represented a Claimant at conference who suffered significant orthopaedic injuries following a road traffic collision. The Claimant was rendered unconscious by the accident and his recollection of events was negligible. Despite the aforesaid, a settlement of £130,000 was achieved;
(2022) Represented the Government Legal Department to defend an application for trial by jury in a claim for damages pleaded at £1,000.000;
(2022). Represented a Claimant who was attacked by a horse as a child and suffered the loss of a kidney. The Claim settled after conference for £220,000;
(2022). Represented a fast food chain at trial to defend a Claim brought following an alleged slipping accident. Mr. Lindsay persuaded the Court that the Claimant had been fundamentally dishonest in the presentation of her injuries and losses. The Claim was dismissed and the Claimant was ordered to pay the Defendant’s costs of £15,000.00 (QOCS set aside)
(2022) secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty at trial against a prisoner who alleged he was injured in an accident whilst in prison. Represented the ministry of justice
2023) represented an Insurer at a joint settlement meeting in a claim pleaded at over £300,000, which settled for £85,000
(2023) represented the ministry of justice at trial on a claim pleaded at £100,000, which settled prior to trial at £30,000;
(2023) settled a claim in the sum of £770,000 for a Claimant who suffered a catastrophic amputation to his dominant hand
(2023) Mr. Lindsay, being led by Christopher Melton K.C. acted on behalf of a Soldier who suffered cauda equine syndrome following a lifting accident at work and thereafter a failure on the part of the MOJ to promptly diagnose his symptoms. Mr. Lindsay had been acting for the Claimant for several years and appeared on his behalf at all interlocutory hearings, including an application to rely upon ergonomic expert evidence. Mr Lindsay drafted the final Schedule of Loss for use at the JSM, which involved the calculations of lost earnings for the Claimant through the ranks of the army to retirement and thereafter a proposed future career in the fire service and the consequential pension loss. The Claim settled after the JSM for £2,000,000.
(2023) Mr. Lindsay successfully defended a Claim brought by a prisoner following an assault by a fellow inmate. The matter was listed for a 2-day final hearing at which Mr. Lindsay successfully argued that the Claim under the Human Rights Act was statute barred and for the Claim in negligence to be dismissed
(2024) Mr. Lindsay represented a Claimant who suffered severe lower limb threatening injuries following a road traffic accident. The Claim settled before trial for a five figure sum;
2024) Mr Lindsay represented the interest of a third party provider of scanning services to the NHS at the inquest of a gentleman who died after a sonographer had misread the results of a CT scan thereby resulting in a feeding tube being inappropriately placed into his lung.
(2024 to date) Mr. Lindsay is representing the interests for a Claimant who suffered the loss of most of his dominant right hand in a workplace accident. The Claim is valued in excess of £2,000.000;
(2024 to Date) Mr. Lindsay is representing the interests of a Claimant who has suffered a significant degloving injury to the leg and ongoing intrusive back pain which has prevented his return to any meaningful level of work. The Case is listed for JSM in the new year;
(2024 to Date) Mr. Lindsay is representing a Claimant who by reason of the psychological consequences of a road traffic accident has not been able to return to his role as a Consultant in the NHS. The Claim is scheduled for JSM in the new year;
(2025 to date). Mr. Lindsay is instructed by the MOJ to defend a Claim for psychiatric injury that is said to have been caused by work induced stress. The Case is listed for a 5-day trial in early 2026;
(2025). Mr. Lindsay represented the interests of a Brazilian national who suffered catastrophic injuries following a road traffic accident including the loss of his spleen. The consequences of this injury mean he cannot return to his native country due to the risk of infection and his inability to fight off the effects of the same. Claim settled for a five figure sum;
(2025) Advised a motorcyclist who suffered limb threatening injuries to the right lower limb thereby rendering him unable to return to his pre-accident employment. Claim settled for a five figure sum;
(2025) Represented the interests of a social landlord at trial at which Mr. Lindsay successfully argued that causation of loss was not made out despite breach of duty under Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act being found. Claim dismissed;
(2025) Represented the interests of a social landlord at trial. The Claimant discontinued his claim for housing disrepair after being cross examined by Mr. Lindsay;
(2025). Representing the Ministry of Justice to Defend and advise upon a Claim brought by a Prisoner Guard who suffered life threatening injuries following an assault by a prisoner.