Jonathan Gilbert

Jonathan Gilbert specialises in defending complex and high-value pre-litigation and litigated insurance claims, primarily focusing on large loss and catastrophic loss claims for insurer clients.

He works on a variety of diffuse axonal, subtle and catastrophic brain injury claims as well as complex orthopaedic, spinal cord injury and somatoform disorder claims.

Acquired over his years in practice, Jonathan has accumulated extensive technical experience. This knowledge, combined with his constant pursuit for operational efficiency, innovation and integration of seamless quality service provisions, ensures that he provides our insurer clients with a high level of service and consistently achieves enviable results.

Jonathan plays a key role in knowledge sharing, client training and employee mentoring to ensure the consistent and unrivalled quality of service and advice within our Large Loss team. He also supports and manages three specialist large loss lawyers.

Utilising his contract litigation experience, Jonathan is regularly instructed to assist insurers in the development of their products and works with underwriting teams on drafting technical aspects of policy wordings.

The Legal 500 UK 2023 comments:

“Jonathan Gilbert is a highly experienced in the field of personal injury. He has excellent client handling skills and adopts a forensic and incisive approach to assessment of evidence and tactics. He is a practitioner who combines diplomacy with strength and tenacity, qualities which have allowed him to obtain and retain a very loyal insurer client base in defendant catastrophic work.”