Mr Brownson joined Chambers in 2017 and has developed a wide-ranging practice covering many different aspects of civil law. He has a busy court practice, with the vast majority of his caseload consisting of fast track and multi track matters. The main focus of his work is in personal injury, where he acts for both Claimants and Defendants.
Mr Brownson has extensive experience of acting in cases where fundamental dishonesty is alleged and has obtained several findings of fundamental dishonesty on behalf of Defendants. He is available for conferences in such matters from an early stage in proceedings and finds that the earlier the stage of engagement, the better the prospects of success. He has appeared in multiple appeals on such issues, including challenges to the exercise of judicial discretion on assessment of evidence and challenges on the question of fundamentality for the purposes of the disapplication of qualified one-way costs shifting.
Mr Brownson is also regularly instructed in cases involving complex arguments on credit hire, both on the fast track and multi track.
Outside of the courtroom, Mr Brownson is experienced in drafting particulars of claim, defences, skeleton arguments and providing written advice on all aspects of claims and prospective claims.