Gordon practice focuses exclusively on Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, limitation and civil procedure. He has an enormous depth of knowledge, having written a number of books and lectured frequently in these areas of law.

Areas of Expertise

• Issues relating to breach of statutory duty in the workplace.
• The law relating to personal injury damages and future loss (author of one of the leading texts on personal injury damages).
• Extensive experience and knowledge in the area of fatal accidents, he is instructed by solicitors throughout the country and writes the APIL Guide to Fatal Accidents,
• Detailed knowledge of the law relating to limitation, writes the section on limitation in APIL’s Personal Injury looseleaf, Law Practice & Precedents.
• Issues relating to civil procedure, service of the claim form, default and wasted costs.
• Professional negligence claims arising out of personal injury and clinical negligence cases.
   

Reported Cases

• Re S (Lawtel 2012) £4.1 million CICA award.
• Re X (Lawtel 2011) £3.6 million CICA award to brain injury victim.
• Motor Insurers Bureau –v- Shikhell [2011] EWHC 527 (QB)(Successful defence of witness in personal injury case alleged to have been in contempt of court).
• Hodinott –v- Persimmon Homes [2008] 1 WLR 806. (Appropriate procedure for challenging service of the claim form)
• O’Hara –v- McDougall [2005] All ER D 275 (service on tenant’s address not service at a “place of businesss”).
• Smith –v- Hughes [2003] 1 WLR 2441 (appropriate address for service for service of claim form).
• Lunnun –v- Singh [1999] All ER D 718 (effect on judgment on ability to defend claim for damages).
   

Notable Cases

• Junior Counsel in several cases relating to loss of career chance of professional footballers
• Advising and representing children and mothers in clinical negligence and cerebral palsy cases
• Advising and representing families following death of high earning executives
• Representing mentally handicapped claimants on appeals to the CICA, several multi million pound awards
• Numerous cases relating to procedural and limitation issues and problems arising out of the civil procedural rules.
   

Publications

• Munkman on Damages for Personal Injury and Death (11th  and 12th edition)
• Personal Injury Practice Notes (2nd, 3rd and 4th editions)
• The APIL Guide to Fatal Accidents (1st and 2nd editions)
• Periodical Payments the New Law.
• Gordon was editor of Personal Injury Precedents (Sweet and Maxwell, looseleaf) and is author of the section on limitation for APIL Personal Injury looseleaf. Gordon also wrote the section on Service of the Claim Form and the Early Stages of Litigation in The Law Society's Litigation Handbook (2nd edition).
• Gordon wrote the monthly Civil Litigation Brief for the Solicitors' Journal from 1991 to 2008 and has written for numerous journals on topics relating to personal injury, procedure and damages.
   

Articles

'Fatal accidents and fatal errors' (April 2012) - APIL PI Focus. Please click here to read the article

'Fifty five years old and counting' (April 201 - APIL PI Focus. Please click here to read the article.

Seminars

Gordon has lectured and broadcast widely on the issues of civil procedure and personal injury. Recent lectures include “Fatal Accidents”, “A Manual Handling Masterclass”, “Preparing for Trial”.

• 'Particularly strong on procedural matters.' Legal 500, 2011
• Gordon has been recognised as a leading junior counsel for the North Eastern Circuit , Personal Injury (Chambers and partners 2011,2010,2009,2008,2007 editions)
• 'Former solicitor Gordon Exall of Zenith Chambers is something of an expert on fatal accident work, so much so that he is authoring a text on the subject. He has "a very good eye for the killer point" and is so good at negotiation that the majority of his cases settle.' Chambers & partners, 2011
• 'The "bright and accomplished" Gordon Exall of Zenith Chambers has also impressed commentators, who believe that he is "deserving of recognition in this area of law." Chamber & Partners, 2010
• ...a recognised expert on personal injury and clinical negligence issues.' Legal 500, 2010 and 2009 editions
• "...gets on very well with clients and has a huge following of solicitors". He is a particular expert in fatal accidents and catastrophic injuries.' Chamber & Partners, 2009
• 'gains a mention for his knowledge of catastrophic cases and fatal accident claims. He has built a strong reputation as a writer and a lecturer.' Chambers & Partners, 2008
• '...widely recognised for excellent service and expertise, particularly in industrial injury.' Legal 500, 2008
• 'Gordon Exall "certainly knows his stuff." Chambers & Partners, 2007
• ...author of several reference works, had wide experience of fatal accidents and solicitors' negligence in PI/CN claims.' Legal 500, 2007 and 2006 editions.
• When Gordon wrote the 11th edition of Munkman on Damages for Personal Injury and death, Roger Harris, reviewing the book in the New Law Journal wrote '.... both defendant and claimant practitioners will find much that is illuminating and useful in this work. John Munkman can rest happy.'

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• Call: 1991

Personal information

• In his spare time Gordon plays guitar, he runs Zenith Chambers' rock and blues band, goes canoeing and kayaking; and enjoys writing.