Gareth Morgan
Position
Partner
Service(s)
Professional Negligence
Industrial Diseases
Industrial Accidents
Areas of expertise
Gareth is a Partner who
specialises in disease litigation, multi-party action, professional
negligence and industrial accidents.
Gareth was born and
raised in a mining community. He has successfully brought
actions against the Coal Board for a number of conditions including
deafness, respiratory disease and vibration white finger.
Due to his participation
in these cases Gareth has earned his reputation as a leader in the
field of mining compensation claims. For the last three decades
Gareth has coordinated the settlements of thousands of these claims
and brought them to a successful conclusion. He was a lead
solicitor, alongside Peter Evans, in the chest disease claims
against British Coal, which remains the largest civil case in
British legal history.
Going forward Gareth is
actively fighting for justice on behalf of coal miners suffering
from osteoarthritis of the knee as well as overseeing an action for
compensation for former Phurnacite Plant workers suffering with
cancer.