Sam accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ core practice areas, including employment, personal injury, clinical negligence, commercial litigation, insurance and tax. He is praised by clients for his efficient, responsive style and takes a practical, strategic approach to his advice and advocacy.
Sam is ranked as a rising star in employment by Legal 500. He is often instructed to appear against more senior counsel at both first instance and on appeal.
Before coming to the Bar Sam worked for the Royal British Legion as a War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Adviser.
“Sam is a pleasure to work with. He is pragmatic and very user friendly; an astute and clear advocate.” - Rising Star: Employment, Legal 500 2024
Sam has a busy and varied practice in all areas of employment and discrimination law, representing both employees and employers across the full range of statutory employment rights, commercial employment claims in the civil courts and those arising from industrial relations disputes.
Recent work includes:
Statutory employment claims
Industrial relations
Civil employment claims
Sam is editor of the ‘Maternity & Pregnancy’, ‘Sex’, ‘Sexual Orientation’ and ‘Marriage and Civil Partnerships’ chapters of Discrimination Law published by Bloomsbury Professional, contributes to the Devereux Employment Law blog and the PLC Practical Law blog and regularly speaks in Devereux Chambers seminars. He is a member of ELBA and ELA.
Sam has a substantial personal injury practice and welcomes instruct. He is also instructed in cases concerning complex issues of substantial and procedural law, often on appeal.
Sam has extensive experience in drafting pleadings and schedules of loss in high value claims, and of resisting allegations of fundamental dishonesty brought against claimants.
His work spans the full range of injury claims, including road traffic accidents, employers’ liability, occupiers’ liability, highways act clams, travel claims and fatal accidents.
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Sam is a member of PIBA and APIL.
Sam accepts instructions on behalf of claimants and defendants in all areas of clinical negligence. He is experienced at drafting pleadings in cases raising complex issues of causation requiring multi-disciplinary expert evidence. He is also experienced at advising on the complex issues of causation and quantum that arise in clinical negligence disputes.
Sam contributes to the Personal Injury Brief Update Law Journal on a regular basis on matters arising out of clinical negligence claims. Recent articles include:
Recent articles include:
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] UKSC 14: Damages are recoverable for foreign commercial surrogacy arrangements.
Sam has a growing practice in high-value commercial disputes beyond his level of call, and has a particular interest in claims arising for breaches of directors’ duties, shareholder disputes, and professional negligence claims.
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Sam is a member of COMBAR.
Sam accepts instructions in all areas of insurance and reinsurance work for both insurers and policyholders, including both general insurance issues and those arising from COVID-19 related issues.
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Sam welcomes instructions on behalf of both taxpayers and the revenue. He has particular experience where allegations of fraud are made in the FTT, most commonly in cases concerning the application of the principles from Kittel and Ablessio.
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Sam has spoken on the Devereux Chambers Elevenses webinar series on the Transfer of Assets Abroad, and the Junior Tax webinar series on the Jurisdiction of the FTT.
BA (Hons) Philosophy; Queens’ College, Cambridge
GDL; City University London
BPTC; City University London (Outstanding)
Inner Temple GDL Exhibition Award
Inner Temple BPTC Exhibition Award
ELA, ELBA, PIBA, APIL, COMBAR
When time allows, Sam enjoys watching and playing all sport. He has come to terms with the fact he is better at the former than the latter.