Areas of Practice
Professional Liability
Commercial Litigation
Construction & Engineering
Healthcare & Clinical Negligence
Insurance & Reinsurance
Product Liability
Mediation
Personal Injury
Actions Against Local Authorities
Profile
Hugh's practice centres on professional liability (with particular emphasis on claims against lawyers and accountants), and commercial litigation, (particularly insurance and fraud claims). He is listed as a leading professional negligence junior by The Legal 500, Legal Experts, and by Chambers.
Hugh's litigation philosophy is simple: (1) to give the clients clear and practical advice on how best to resolve their legal difficulties; and (2) to succeed at trial, by the application of ingenuity, tactical thinking, detailed preparation, and experience, particularly to cross examination; and (3) to be a friendly, accessible and helpful member of the legal team.
Hugh has extensive experience of ADR, having taken part as advocate in about 25 mediations. He is very comfortable with a wide variety of complex technical evidence, including statistical analysis. Hugh writes extensively on professional negligence, and is the author of Lawyers' Liabilities and about 25 articles in a variety of academic journal, and is the editor of the lawyers’ chapters in Jackson and Powell on Professional Liability.
The Directories
Recommended by Chambers & Partners: The "fantastically clever" Hugh Evans was noted for his "cerebral approach to cases" (2005); “... highly recommended especially for solicitors’ professional negligence cases” (2006). He has a “logical approach and likeable manner” (2007). His “forte is solicitors negligence. His skill in this arena were nicely showcased in Fulham Leisure Holdings Ltd v Nicholson Graham & Jones ..” (a case concerning the drafting of a shareholders’ agreement) (2008). “Bright, commercial and efficient” ... acts for defendants and claimants in significant solicitors’ negligence claims. Both “witty and academically sound,” he “makes the litigation process as painless as possible.” (2009). Continues to be " a junior of choice for solicitors negligence claims." (2010). Also recommended for many years by the Legal 500 and Legal Experts.
Publications
Jackson and Powell on Professional Liability
Sweet & Maxwell 2009
Editor of the chapters on solicitors and barristers from 1992.
Lawyers' Liabilities
Sweet & Maxwell 2002
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