Dan Clarke practises in personal injury.
He undertakes clinical negligence work for claimants and defendants and receives regular instructions from NHS Trusts. He also appears frequently at medical inquests, representing families and Trusts.
His broader personal injury practice includes catastrophic injury, road traffic, employers’ liability, and historic sexual abuse claims.
He specialises in cases with an international element. He has experience of acting in claims in other jurisdictions, including in the Privy Council, Jersey and the Isle of Man.
He is ranked as a leading junior in the Legal 500 for Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury, in Chambers & Partners for Travel: International Injury and the Lexology Index for Aviation and Travel.
He frequently writes and speaks on personal injury and is a contributor to the APIL Guide to Accidents Abroad and to journals, including the Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management. He is often invited to speak on legal topics in personal injury law.
He is a CEDR accredited mediator.
Brownlie v FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC [2021] UKSC 45
Leading conflict of laws case on the interpretation of the tort gateway and the default rule in cases where a foreign law applies.
De Yoxall v Moore
Acted for the defendant in a long-running claim in the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man arising from a road traffic accident in 2006 (settled for £3.35m).
MXD (led by Sarah Crowther KC)
A claim on behalf of Polish man who suffered catastrophic injuries in head-on car crash in England.
Whitehead v Clarity and ors (led by Howard Stevens KC)
A large head injury claim brought under the Package Travel Regulations by a couple whose minibus turned over on a motorway while on their honeymoon in Mexico.
Samrai and ors v Kalia [2024] EWHC 3143, [2025] EWHC 1449
Acted for successful defendant in £8m claims brought by seven claimants against the head priest of Hindu Temple in Coventry for personal injury arising from alleged historic abuse and for alleged undue influence. See also: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/2025/1449.pdf.
LXP
Multi-party case arising out of an accident on the front drive of a house when a family car rolled back over a young child leaving her with catastrophic brain and orthopaedic injuries. Settled (for several million pounds) and approved on first day of trial.
BLE v Mini Gears
Acted for claimant in multi-million pound accident at work claim arising from fall from a ladder while inspecting overhead plant (settled shortly before trial).
LXC
Acting claim on behalf of a victim of child sex abuse in 1970s against estate of perpetrator (settled for £300,000).
RC
Acting in multi-million pound claim for a US citizen in his 50s on holiday in England who developed an abscess in his upper spine leading to tetraplegia.
AXB
Acted for claimant in birth injury claim causing cerebral palsy (settled shortly before trial for c. £20m).
SM
Acted for claimant who had to have bilateral above knee amputations bilateral amputations of her fingers following negligent delay in treating sepsis (settled for c. £12.5m).
Noble Caledonia v Air Niugini
A claim by a tour operator against a national airline for 43 cancelled cruises caused by the late arrival of a flight in Singapore (settled at mediation in Singapore)
Appeal to the Privy Council from the Bahamas in a claim for the sale of land worth US$11m.
Anguilla Business Services Ltd v St Kitts Scenic Railway Ltd
Claim in Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court against company directors for US$3m.
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