Gerry Heap

Membership Status: Barrister - Full Member

General Information

Gerry is a senior personal injury, commercial and local government specialist. He is popular with clients for his friendly and down-to-earth approach and has a reputation as a highly-skilled advocate who enjoys complex and challenging cases. Based in South Wales, Gerry has a busy national practice and has appeared in all Courts, including the House of Lords.

Areas of law

Personal Injury
Commercial Litigation
Local Government

Personal Injury (Claimant & Defendant)

High-Value Claims
Industrial Disease (with particular emphasis on NIHL/deafness cases)
Clinical Negligence
Fraud

Commercial Litigation

Land/Property Disputes
Contract
Partnership
Building/Construction

Local Government

Planning
Environmental
Prosecutions

Memberships

Chairman, Commons Registration Public Inquiries

Education

M.A., Cambridge (Jesus College)

Personal Interests

When not working throughout the country, Gerry enjoys playing chess. He has represented Wales on four occasions in the European Club Cup and was the 2018 Welsh Chess Champion. He has conceded defeat in his aim to beat his son at golf (Luke plays off plus two). His wife thinks that he is too old for football and that he has finally hung up his goalkeeping gloves, but he is secretly planning a comeback.

Feedback

“I have had the pleasure of briefing Gerry Heap for a good number of years...He is a knowledgeable and tenacious barrister, equally at home with preparing pertinent and well reasoned written Advices or in Court where I have seen him first hand literally demolish opposing arguments with aplomb. Teamed with Clerksroom Chambers and their wealth of experience, efficiency and friendliness, they are a great combination and I never hesitate to instruct Gerry if he is available. He is a Barrister I can trust, in a set of Chambers that are most trustworthy.”

Simon Speed Partner, BAS Solicitors

“Gerry Heap's robust cross-examination and his incisive analysis of the legal issues justify his involvement on difficult cases whether it is for an early opinion or for him to deliver the coup de grace at Trial, he is also nice to go for a pint with once you have won. ”

Francis George Francis George Solicitor Advocate

“Gerry Heap is a first class advocate, persuasive in his arguments with an intellectual capacity to match. Gerry is straight talking with an ability to clearly and effectively communicate with clients at all levels. An absolute must for any litigation team. ”

Jonathan Cripwell, Director Lupton Fawcett Denison Till

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Qualified in 1985