Adrian Cottam

Adrian Cottam is a Catastrophic Injury lawyer in our London Fetter Lane office. He specialises in  advising on and litigating catastrophic brain, spinal injury and amputation claims for insurance and self-insured clients.

Adrian's experience includes:

• at his previous firm advising on settlement in a catastrophic brain claim involving complex medical evidence, statutory funding and periodical payment orders
• dealing with employer and public liability and road traffic accident claims in England and Wales for a global logistics company
• successfully defending a multimillion pound claim involving indemnity and contractual issues and complex quantum evidence

Adrian has over 20 years of experience. He has a detailed knowledge of periodical payment orders, and other technical issues associated with serious injury claims including statutory funding and complex medical evidence.

Adrian is one of five nominated solicitors who deal with claims in excessive of £3m for a major motor insurer.

Adrian is a past author of Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Road Traffic Accidents section and the Motor Insurance Chapter in Tolley's Insurance Law.

Adrian qualified in 1991 and joined DAC Beachcroft in 2017 and is responsible for supervising work in the London Fetter Lane catastrophic and large loss claims team.