Further info

Year of call: 1986

Specialist areas: clinical negligence, professional negligence, personal injury and general insurance

Education: Winchester College (scholar); Trinity Hall, Cambridge (scholar); First class degree in law; Awarded Harmsworth scholarship by Middle Temple

ADR: Qualified mediator

 

Recent cases

  • Braithwaite v. Homerton University Hospitals Foundation Trust [2008] EWHC 353 (Stanley Burnton J.) Clinical negligence - application for interim payment - the effect of the new periodical payments regime on the limit imposed by CPR 25.7(4)

  • Sweetman v. Shepherd and Others [2007] EWHC 137 (Irwin J.) Solicitors' negligence - whether a claim commenced in 1997 should be struck out for want of prosecution

What others say

"...'consistently excellent'. He is 'measured, forthright and does a good job for his clients'." Chambers UK 2012

'"unfailingly polite but very robust in negotiations'." Chambers UK 2011

"Matthew Jackson has ‘a thorough and insightful approach'." Legal 500 2010

Matthew Jackson is 'a friendly, ebullient individual, who is extremely dogged when the case requires it.' One source explained that 'he is capable of holding his ground without resorting to aggressiveness or foolish tactics'." Chambers UK 2010

"Matthew Jackson is ‘unassuming, measured: very good indeed‘, for high-value birth injury cases." Legal 500 2009