Personal Injury

Simeon Maskrey KC is a leading silk who is heralded as one of the most gifted advocates handling precedent-setting personal injury, clinical negligence and product liability litigation. He routinely acts for both sides, and has a particular focus on maximum severity brain and spinal injury cases. He is a prominent presence in the Supreme Court and the ECJ.

Adam Weitzman KC is one of the leading lights for defendant sexual abuse cases and is singled out for his robust advocacy and efficient approach. His clients include defendant charities, religious orders, local authorities and independent schools. His catastrophic injury practice is exclusively claimant-focused and centres on serious brain and spinal injuries, fatal accidents and amputations. He is also well regarded for his handling of cases involving children injured in RTAs. He has a forensic grasp of abuse cases involving non-delegable duties of care.

Julian Matthews is an accomplished and hugely experienced senior junior who handles catastrophic injury cases of the utmost severity. He acts for both defendants and claimants, offering specific expertise in medically complex brain injuries and RTAs involving significant liability issues. His personal injury work benefits from his background in civil and family law.

James Weston is a personal injury specialist with experience handling catastrophic brain injury claims arising from accidents at work or on the road. His broad expertise also encompasses the defence of local authorities and institutions in claims involving allegations of human rights breaches and negligence in relation to historic abuse.

Steven Ford KC has an outstanding reputation for his defence work in historic sexual abuse cases, an area that forms part of his specialist practice, which focuses almost exclusively on psychiatric injuries. He also represents defendants in occupational stress, bullying and harassment, and forced trafficking matters. His clients are often educational or religious institutions, youth organisations or local authorities. He has a sound knowledge of multiparty abuse claims with thorny liability issues.

Timothy Meakin has an esteemed practice that covers a diverse range of personal injury areas, including catastrophic injury, industrial disease and sexual abuse cases. He routinely acts on behalf of insurers and claimants, and is especially well versed in complex employers' liability and workplace injury disputes. He has appeared in several claims against the MoD.

Kiril Waite is a well-respected personal injury practitioner. He acts for both claimants and defendants and offers a particular specialism in psychiatric injury claims.

Richard Baker KC has a varied personal injury practice covering psychiatric injury, spinal injury and employers' liability issues, among others. He has experience representing child claimants as well as adults in claims valued in the millions. He also accepts instructions from defendants.

Adam Walker has a personal injury practice that encompasses catastrophic injury and industrial disease matters, among other areas. He routinely acts on behalf of claimants and defendants, and is increasingly sought out by members of the armed forces in personal injury claims brought against the MoD. He is regularly instructed in cases involving substantial limitation issues.

Conor Dufficy operates a wide-ranging practice, demonstrating expertise in clinical negligence and consumer litigation as well as in personal injury cases involving aspects such as brain injuries, neuropsychiatric issues and non-freezing cold injuries. He acts for both claimants and defendants and is well-equipped to take on high-value RTA cases, including matters involving complex contributory negligence issues.

Liam Ryan is an experienced junior noted for his expertise in complex stress at work claims. He is also regularly called upon to handle cases involving psychiatric injury as part of his broad personal injury practice.

Simon King routinely receives instructions from claimants and defendants in catastrophic injury cases. He is well versed in pavement trip and RTA claims in which liability is disputed, and has further knowledge of cases concerning pre-existing conditions.

William Chapman has a strong personal injury practice, frequently acting on multimillion-pound claims. He has particular expertise in brain injury cases and has a strong grasp of quantum issues. His experience includes omissions by public authorities, RTAs and claims arising out of sexual abuse.