Expertise

Warren acts for children and adults who have sustained injuries of the utmost severity, including brain and spinal cord injuries, burns, amputations and complex orthopaedic trauma. He handles challenging, high-value claims involving clients who require rehabilitation, long-term care and support, often where liability is disputed.

His experience spans road traffic, workplace, military, equine and sporting claims. Warren’s military background places him particularly well to understand the practical and personal issues facing members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have suffered serious injury.

Experience

Warren represents clients in a broad range of serious personal injury claims. Since joining Stewarts in 2007, he has recovered more than £140 million in damages for his clients. His case highlights include:

• Acted for the claimant in Housley v Christiansen LTLPI 6/1/2010 where damages were recovered to pay for a light aircraft and associated costs (including the cost of renting accommodation with an attached airstrip) for a flying instructor who was unable to continue teaching because of his injuries
• He was also the claimant’s solicitor in Cheung v Zhu (t/a Yang Sing Fish and Chip) [2011] EWHC 2913 (QB): an employer’s liability action where the claimant sustained a spinal cord injury, which is now often cited in ‘slip/trip’ cases.

Warren keenly pursues interim payments to meet his client’s rehabilitation, accommodation, support and therapy needs while their case is ongoing and often makes full use of the Rehabilitation Code to fund these where liability for the accident is denied.

Recent case results include:

• £5.5 million recovered for a soldier who suffered severe burns while on duty
• £11.8 million recovered for an electrical linesman who was rendered paraplegic after falling from a pylon
• £1.8 million recovered for a widow and two dependent children following a collision between a car and a motorcycle, in which liability was denied by the car driver’s insurers
• £2.9 million recovered for a cyclist who underwent a below-knee amputation after being struck by an articulated vehicle, where liability was denied by the driver’s insurers
• £6.3 million recovered for a schoolgirl who was struck by a car while crossing the road, where liability was denied by the car driver’s insurers
• £3.75 million recovered for a client who sustained a moderate to severe brain injury after being thrown from a vehicle when its driver lost control; the client had not been wearing a seatbelt
• £2.3 million recovered in a workplace accident claim for a lorry driver who sustained a moderate to severe brain injury after falling from the rear of a flatbed articulated lorry while attempting to sheet a load in windy conditions using unsuitable material supplied by his employer
• £4.2 million recovered for a demolition worker who sustained a brain injury during commercial refurbishment works.

Accreditations and memberships

Warren is an:

• APIL accredited senior litigator
• APIL accredited spinal cord injury specialist
• APIL accredited brain injury specialist
• Law Society personal injury panel member
• Member of the APIL military claims, brain injury and spinal cord injury special interest groups.