Barrister, Deka Chambers
Matthew Chapman KC is a specialist in cross-border personal injury claims, acting for both claimants and defendants.
His clients include foreign insurers, tour operators, travel agents, air and sea carriers, in addition to members of the public. His practice includes conflicts matters (jurisdiction and applicable law disputes in a variety of contexts), package travel claims, claims under the international carriage conventions and contractual recovery actions by tour operators. He has experience before tribunals at all levels (including the Supreme Court and Court of the Justice of the European Union). He has wide experience of Inquests and is also adept at representing clients at Mediation, Settlement Meetings and all other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Matthew was formerly Conciliator for the conciliation scheme run by the Passenger Shipping Association, a form of ADR (2005 to 2010).
In addition to lecturing widely within his specialist areas of practice, Matthew is a co-author of both Munkman on Employers’ Liability and Saggerson on Travel Law and Litigation, and sole author of The Snail and the Ginger Beer: the singular case of Donoghue v Stevenson.
Matthew’s background is in complex personal injury, acting for local and other public authorities across the full range of claims and he continues to accept instructions in this area.
Matthew is recognised as a Leading Silk by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, who note “he possesses a huge depth of knowledge” and is “an exceptional advocate with the soft skills necessary to build a rapport with catastrophically injured clients”.