James studied law at Newcastle University and qualified as a solicitor in 2007. He joined Macks in 2010 and has become a key member of our cycle injury claims team, having built up significant experience in all areas of cycle injury claims.
James is a keen mountain biker and can be seen on trails around the North York Moors every weekend and even after work during the summer. His cycling has taken him on tours of Scotland and to the World Cup course at Dalby Forest.
James recently acted for a cyclist who was knocked from his bike by a car emerging from a side street despite the cyclist wearing full high visibility clothing and having lights fitted to his bike. The cyclist suffered various injuries and abrasions as a result of the crash and was forced to take time off work to recover. In addition his bike, which had been purchased only three weeks before the accident, was damaged. James successfully recovered not only compensation for the cyclist in respect of his injuries, but also the cost of repairing his bike and replacing the cyclists damaged clothing together with various other losses suffered by the cyclist.
In another claim James acted for a cyclist injured in very unusual circumstances. The gentleman had been cycling in a designated cycling lane at the side of a busy road when a vehicle towing a mobile food stall went to pass him. The serving hatch on the food stall had not been properly secured and as it passed the cyclist the stall hit a bump in the road causing the serving hatch to bounce open and hit the cyclist in his chest. The force of the impact threw the cyclist from his bike leaving him with numerous injuries and barely able to breathe at the side of the road. The vehicle towing the food stall did not stop but did return to the scene some time later. James was able to organise private physiotherapy treatment for the cyclist and went on to recover compensation not only for the injuries suffered but also for the cost of the bicycle which could not be repaired, the clothing which the cyclist was wearing and the cyclist’s loss of earnings following his accident.
