Michael Elders is a specialist personal injury practitioner. He joined Chambers in October 2024 following completion of his pupillage under the supervision of Stefanie Cochrane.
Michael Elders has experience across the full spectrum of personal injury litigation, with advocacy in Multi Track and Fast Track trials as well as CCMCs, and various interlocutory hearings.
Michael represents Claimants and Defendants at all stages of litigation and is well versed in conducting conferences with lay clients and medico-legal experts as well as with professional clients where it is of assistance to set out a road map for the case. He welcomes informal calls in advance of formal instructions.
Michael has advocacy and advisory experience involving RTAs (including fraud and fundamental dishonesty), EL, OL, Highways Act, Product Liability, Dermatitis, Repetitive Lifting, Credit Hire, Defective Premises, and Animals Act. He maintains a relatively even split between Claimant and Defendant instructions having drafted Particulars of Claim, Schedules, Defences, Counter Schedules, and Part 35 questions for both Claimants and Defendants in cases up to and in excess of £100,000.00.
Michael has a growing interest in cases involving medical and dental negligence having advised on liability and procedure. He has also taken infant cases to Court for approval, including acting for a Claimant where settlement was reached in spite of an unsupportive breach report. Michael welcomes instructions for advisory, drafting, and advocacy work in this area.
Michael’s courtroom advocacy experience began prior to his pupillage where he worked as an advocate in the in-house advocacy team of a nationwide specialist personal injury firm.
Road Traffic Accidents
Credit Hire & Subrogated Losses
Employer’s Liability
Occupier’s Liability
Product Liability
Disease Claims
Highways Act Claims
Defective Premises
Fraud and Fundamental Dishonesty
Injuries Involving Animals
MOJ Stage 3, Disposal Hearings, OIC Quantum Hearings
Infant and Protected Party Approval Hearings and Advice
Allocation Hearings and Applications
Costs
Claimant
B v E (2025) – Succeeded on behalf of the Claimant in a liability trial following a trip on a cracked paving slab. This case settled for £50,000 following the trial.
S v F (2026) – Recovered over £130,000 in damages for the Claimant at a disposal hearing following a negligently performed aesthetic procedure.
C v E (2026) - £80,000 settlement reached in RTA claim following Michael’s involvement in conference.
S v H (2026) – Advised on quantum in a pedestrian RTA claim which reached settlement at £75,000.
B v S (2026) – Claim settled for £78,000 following Michael’s Particulars of Claim and Schedule of Loss
Defendant
H v A (2025) – Over £10,000 credit hire bill reduced to £360 following trial.
C v M (2026) – Appeared on behalf of the Defendant at approval hearing approving settlement of £700,000 (net of contributory negligence) in workplace fatal accident claim.
R v T (2026) – Succeeded in striking out the Claimant’s £23,000 claim which had various fraud concerns, recovered an enforceable costs order of over £11,300.
H v M (2026) – Drafted Defence and Counter Schedule in denied claim issued up to £70,000.
M v M (2026) – Drafted Defence and Counter Schedule in claim involving extensive dental injuries issued up to £75,000.
S v A (2026) – Drafted Defence and appeared on behalf of the Defendant Church in professional negligence claim concerning the removal of a memorial in a church graveyard. Michael successfully defended the claim in its entirety.
Middle Temple Quatercentenary Scholarship
BPP University Scholarship
LSE100 Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Barrister Training Course (BPP Holborn) Outstanding
Bachelor of Laws (London School of Economics)
Northern Circuit
Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
PIBA
Outside of his professional life, Michael has played both codes of rugby since he started primary school and enjoys playing chess online and in person when he can find a board and an opponent.
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