Matthew Harrington

Full Profile

Matthew Harrington is a partner supporting our teams nationwide who sits on a number of our executive boards and committees. He has been invaluable in shaping the firm’s development, partnerships and cultural strategies and is heavily involved in leading and coordinating the casualty group’s growth, sustaining the firm’s position as a leading provider of insurance law services. 

Specialising in health and safety, environmental law, food hygiene, crisis response and accident investigation, his experience is considerable and varied. Matthew represents a spectrum of clients in the private and public sectors including both corporates and individuals and in 2021/22 successfully defended a company director charged with gross negligence manslaughter after an 11 week trial.

Experience

Matthew’s practice also includes group actions, occupational disease and large, complex casualty claims. His notable cases include the following:

• Hutson v Tata Steel UK Ltd [2016] EWHC 3031 (QB) and [2018] EWHC 107 (QB)
• Coventry University v Mian [2014] EWCA Civ 1275
• Denton v T H White [2014] EWCA Civ 906
• Hinchliffe v Corus [2010] EWHC 1573
• Sloan v Halsen Engineering Ltd [2009] Lawtel
• Watson v Cakebread Robey Ltd [2009] EWHC 1695
• Hindson v Pipehouse Wharf Ltd [QBD] 21.02.07
• Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Co Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 27
• Jones v Caradon Catnic [2005] EWCA Civ 1821
• K J Brown v Corus UK Ltd [2004] EWCA Civ 374
• J W Evans v Volex Group [2002] EWCA Civ 225