LEGAL & MEDICAL CONFERENCE 2009
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Duncan Rutter
Partner, Head of Personal injury
Regional Senior Partner, Winchester
Duncan is currently national head of Beachcroft's personal injury department and senior partner in the firm's Winchester office where he manages a large team acting for major insurers and public bodies.
Duncan is a solicitor advocate with rights of audience in all higher courts. He has specialised in personal injury litigation since 1988 and has handled a wide range of RTA, EL and PL claims, including clinical negligence, disease and complex and high value claims. He also has wide experience of Health & Safety prosecution work. He now deals almost exclusively with catastrophic injury claims, particularly those relating to brain and spinal injury. He is a member of the firm's National Catastrophic Injury Group.
Duncan is ranked in the first division by Chambers as a leader in personal injury litigation in the South.
His cases include Roebuck v Mungovin (House of Lords), Kane v New Forest District Council (Court of Appeal), Aer Lingus v Gildacroft et al (Court of Appeal) and Howell-Williams v Wood et al (Court of Appeal). He is a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers.
