Acted for a cyclist who was hit on a country lane by a driver travelling round a blind bend. The client had grievous spinal injuries and was successfully awarded £6.2 million. Quantum trial following trial on liability.
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He’s a great leader who has excellent overall judgement on a case
Chambers and Partners 2016
Gerard is “a very high-calibre practitioner, who fights very hard for his clients. He is very dedicated, very approachable and a real grafter.” “He is one of the best PI silks I have worked with – he lives and breathes the case, will immerse himself in it and has all the facts at his fingertips.”
Chambers & Partners 2015
“Clients love him, and he has a great way with opponents and Judges”
Legal 500 (Personal Injury) 2014
Gerard McDermott QC is “incredibly clever, he’s very good with clients and a great team player.”
Chambers & Partners 2015
He is very approachable, has a rapier-fast intellect and is always thinking about what the judge is going to do at trial
Chambers and Partners 2016
On foreign cases, he is nothing short of excellent
Chambers and Partners 2016
His client care skills are incomparable. He is also incredibly well connected and amazingly well respected on all sides
Chambers and Partners 2016
His client care skills are just incomparable
Chambers and Partners 2016
“Savvy, wily and long-standing campaigner” Gerard McDermott QC is a popular choice with clients due to his knowledge of catastrophic injury cases, his expertise in aviation claims and his track record of handling road traffic accidents abroad.
Chambers and Partners (Personal Injury)2012
He works very hard to ensure he has a complete command of all evidence before the trial
Chambers and Partners 2016