Carl Ashcroft

Carl is a Barrister who deals predominantly with general criminal and civil matters in the litigation department. He has extensive defence experience including asbestosis and personal injury claims.

He graduated from Nottingham University with a BSC (Hons) degree in 1982 and was called to the English Bar in 1990 before returning to Jersey. He has worked as a computer programmer and a policeman and joined Crill Canavan in 1999.

Specialist areas

• Criminal litigation
  
• Civil litigation

Recent experience

• Managing a £1 million medical negligence case and several PI cases settling at over £300,000
  
• An appeal to the Privy Council on a catastrophic birth injury case
  
• Assisting in the trial of one of the largest drug importation cases into the Island