Profile
"...excellent, and really knows his stuff in personal injury and fatal accident claims".
Legal 500 2008
"... competent and experienced, the leader in the field, and a force to contend with in industrial disease litigation, particularly vibration-related claims".
Chambers & Partners 2008-Band 1
Robert Harrison practices exclusively in Personal Injury, including fatal accidents and motor bike accidents, as well as related matters including Inquests, Clinical Negligence and Health and Safety. His areas of expertise include Disease litigation and he has recently appeared in a number of important vibration related matters.
He is happy to accept Personal Injury work on a Conditional Fee basis.
He also undertakes cases involving actions against the police for wrongful arrest, unlawful imprisonment etc.
As a WRU qualified coach and referee he is often called upon to undertake disciplinary hearings on behalf of rugby players.
Robert has contributed to published practitioner texts on Personal Injury and regularly contributes to continuing professional development seminars.
The 2007 edition of the Legal 500 describes him as "..extremely popular, and boasts wide experience in PI and Industrial Disease". In Chambers & Partners Guide to the Legal Profession 2007 he features as a "'...skilled operator' who 'knows his way around the law'...'a safe pair of hands' ...'who will never let you down'".
Fields of Work
Clinical Negligence
- Death of baby-caesarean/breech birth
- Urinary problems following hysterectomy
Disease/work related upper limb disorders:
Noise Induced hearing Loss (Deafness)
- Royal Mint
- Steel works
- Chainsaw
- Factory worker
- Welder
- Call center
- School woodwork teacher
Asbestosis etc.
- Local Authority housing repairs
- Shipping-boilermaker
- Pipe lagging-hospital, oil-refinery, steel works, power station
- Theatre stagehand
- Irritant dermatitis-machine operator
- 'Q' fever-meat inspector
- Liver disease-exposure to tricholoroethylene
- Rhinitis-printing chemicals
Hand/Arm VibrationSyndrome
- Glass works
- Steel works
- Boatyard
- Aircraft engine servicing
- Road worker
- Polisher
- Electrician
- Carpal Tunnel
- Wrist problems and headaches-VDU operator
Other
- Use of Tazer by police officer-mistaken suspicion of firearm
- Claim for suffering incurred during 7 days between accident and death (Inquest ruled accidental death)
- RTA-psychiatric damages
- Court of Protection-approval of award
- Assault on Special Educational Needs teacher by wrongly placed child
- Nurse attacked by patient-failure to assess risk
- Physical and mental injury to registered Mental Nurse following attacks by patient
- Stress at work
- Erroneous forced police entry
Inquests
- Representing the process manager (through his union) in the Corus Steel Works explosion in Port Talbot
- Teenage Suicide/School bullying-national press coverage
- Death in care home
- Deaths arising from high-speed police pursuit
- Death in custody
Inquiries
- Welsh National Assembly Independent Review
Disciplinary/Sports law
- Welsh Rugby Union-striking an official
- Parent walking on to pitch to restrain player
