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Straight-talking, gets to the issues quickly and is commercially focused, always ahead of the pack with his intuition with what is next.
Legal 500 2023
Lee Evans has a busy personal injury practice, with particular emphasis on serious brain injury, spinal injury and amputation cases.
His work includes cases that have arisen from serious industrial accidents, road traffic accidents and industrial diseases. He has a particular interest in the interpretation of workplace regulations.
Lee regularly appears in the High Court and is instructed by the catastrophic injury teams of leading insurers, including Royal Bank of Scotland, NIG, NFU Mutual, Zurich, Churchill and Direct Line.
He is a contributor to a number of the leading personal injury textbooks, including Kemp & Kemp and the Personal Injury Handbook.
He has co-written editions of Munkman on Employers’ Liability and he is a member of the Health and Safety Executive’s panel of counsel.
Personal Injury
Chambers UK, Tier 1 Personal Injury.
A leading senior junior who has an incredibly impressive caseload of numerous multimillion-pound, maximum severity catastrophic injury cases. He is a natural choice for the leading road traffic insurers and industry players. He has handled a number of chronic pain and brain and spinal cases with complex quantum issues. He regularly appears before the High Court.
Civil Fraud
Lee has extensive experience of pleading and advising on s.57 allegations, issues related to fraud and the admissibility of surveillance evidence. His practice focuses on traumatic brain injury, chronic pain and serious spinal injury cases. He is a specialist in advising on allegations of fraud that arise from those claims.
Lee has significant experience of cases involving the dispute between traumatic brain injury, functional neurological disorders and fraudulent claims. He also has extensive experience of appellate work involving the admissibility of evidence arising from surveillance and social media.
Lee regularly lectures to solicitors and insurers on the issue of fraudulent claims.
If you would like to instruct Lee Evans or would like help or advice in doing so, please call and talk to our excellent clerking team, led by Chief Executive/Director of Clerking, Paul Cray. Our phone number is +44 (0)20 7583 9241. Alternatively, please email us at chambers@farrarsbuilding.co.uk
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Appointments & Memberships
- Qualified Advocacy Teacher (Grade A)
- The Council of the Inns of Court Disciplinary Tribunal
- General Council of the Bar’s Summary Procedure Disciplinary Tribunal
- General Council of the Bar’s International Relations Committee for Southern Africa
- Disability Rights Commission’s Panel of Counsel
- Preferred Counsel for the Health & Safety Executive
- Founder of the ‘South African Legal Education Foundation a Charity based in the United Kingdom that funds disadvantaged law students through South African universities (including The University of the Western Cape)
- Trustee of the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa, an independent charity that raises money for education projects in southern Africa
Education & Qualifications
- Prince of Wales Scholar, Gray’s Inn
- MA, Law, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University (W. T. Hunter Exhibitioner, 1992 – 1995)
- Dene House Comprehensive School, County Durham
Directory Quotes
Lee Evans is a leading senior junior who has an incredibly impressive caseload of numerous multimillion-pound, maximum severity catastrophic injury cases. He is a natural choice for the leading road traffic insurers and industry players. He has handled a number of chronic pain and brain and spinal cases with complex quantum issues. He regularly appears before the High Court. Lee is ranked in both Chambers UK and Legal 500.
Chambers and Partners, 2025 – Band 1, Leading PI junior – ‘Star Individual’
“He is firm, decisive and one of the easiest barristers to work with.”
“Lee is a real star.”
“He is a very astute and capable barrister.”
“He is quickly able to get to the heart of a case and understand the real issues.”
“Lee is a very impressive barrister who is excellent with clients and able to explain very complicated matters with skill.”
Legal 500, 2025 – Tier 2, Leading PI Junior
‘Excellent eye for detail, quickly absorbs information, brilliant preparatory work and a pleasure to deal with. He is approachable and excellent in conference, managing the flow and direction of discussions whilst getting to the issues.’
Chambers and Partners, 2024 – Band 1, Leading PI junior – ‘Star Individual’
“Lee is our go-to senior junior for catastrophic injury. He has fantastic knowledge of the law is excellent on emerging trends.”
“He is first class and cuts through cases with great ease and expertise.”
“He understands the reality of the world and is very forensic in his detail. He is good with chronic pain and fundamental dishonesty especially, but it is his common sense approach that stands out.”
“Lee is knowledgeable and excellent with clients and experts.”
Legal 500, 2024 – Tier 2, Leading PI Junior
“Lee Evans continues to have a busy caseload in this area, with a focus on severe brain and spinal injuries.”
‘A go-to counsel for complex claims.’
Chambers and Partners, 2023 – Band 1, Leading PI junior – ‘Star Individual’
“He is an essential part of a team in any complex litigation.” “He is fiercely bright and works incredibly hard.”
“Lee is very accommodating and organised. He has the ability to cut through issues and simplify them.” “Lee has brilliant advocacy and negotiating skills.”
Legal 500, 2023 – Tier 2, Leading PI Junior
‘Straight-talking, gets to the issues quickly and is commercially focused, always ahead of the pack with his intuition with what is next.’
Chambers and Partners, 2022 – Band 1, Leading PI junior
“Wears his impressive intellect lightly and is a tough but realistic negotiator. He’s very down to earth, practical and pragmatic. He won’t take bad points but is relentless with his good ones. If he is on the other side you have to bring your A game.” “He is very robust, tenacious and very impressive.”
Legal 500, 2022 – Tier 2, Leading PI Junior
‘ Very knowledgeable about the medical research and able to explore complex medical issues in detail with experts. A strong negotiator yet also pragmatic. ’
Chambers and Partners, 2021 – Band 1, Leading PI junior
“He is really approachable and gets to the heart of the issues in a case really quickly.” “He is an extremely good barrister and always delivers a top-quality service.” “He is straight to the point, never drops the ball and provides practical and sensible advice.”
Chambers and Partners, 2020 – Band 1 Leading PI Individual
“A leading senior junior who has an incredibly impressive caseload of numerous, multimillion-pound, maximum severity catastrophic injury cases. He is a natural choice for the leading road traffic insurers and industry players. He has handled a number of chronic pain and brain and spinal cases with complex quantum issues. He regularly appears before the High Court.
Strengths: “He’s very approachable, easy to deal with and quickly gains the confidence of his clients. He’s exceptionally good in JSMs.” “Calm, collected and thorough.”
Legal 500, 2020
Leading PI individual
“He is great in conference with experts.”
Chambers & Partners 2019
Band 1
“A leading senior junior who has an incredibly impressive caseload of numerous, multimillion-pound, maximum severity catastrophic injury cases. He is a natural choice for the leading road traffic insurers and industry players. He has handled a number of chronic pain and brain and spinal cases with complex quantum issues. He regularly appears before the High Court.”
“He’s very charismatic, a good advocate and a straightforward individual.” “He’s very thorough, enthusiastic and approachable.” “He provides very solid advice and is always willing to go above and beyond to help achieve the right result.”
Legal 500, 2019
“He is technically superb but also a real fighter for his clients.
Chambers UK 2017
“A leading senior junior who has an incredibly impressive caseload of numerous, multimillion-pound, maximum severity catastrophic injury cases. He is a natural choice for the leading road traffic insurers and industry players. Clients commend his accomplished grasp of both complex liability and quantum disputes.
“Has a great, down-to-earth manner which means he gets along well with both witnesses and insurers.” “His attention to detail is really second to none and he’s not scared of getting his hands dirty.” “I think he’s fantastic, he’s an all-court player and he’s really going places.”
Chambers UK 2016
“Regularly instructed in High Court cases concerning claimants who have suffered severe orthopaedic and spinal injuries. He is also noted for his expertise in occupational disease claims. He is particularly well regarded by insurers.
“He is very courteous and very charming in the way he gets his point across.” “He is an excellent senior junior who is sharp, personable and well respected”.
Legal 500
‘Very technical and approachable.’
Personal Interests
In any free time Lee enjoys walking and fishing in Scotland. He also enjoys travelling around (and issues relating to) Southern Africa.