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Personal Injury - London (Bar)

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Cloisters Chambers members are well regarded for their adroit handling of cases involving injuries of the utmost severity, including catastrophic and psychiatric injury claims, and are well versed in complex liability and quantum disputes. Additional areas of strength for the team include RTAs, abuse claims and MIB claims. Recent work highlights include PAL v Davison, in which members represented a young claimant who suffered a very severe traumatic brain injury following an RTA, securing a settlement of a capitalised sum in excess of £40 million.

Glenn Hudson is the senior clerk.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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William Latimer-Sayer
William Latimer-Sayer
Star Individuals

William Latimer-Sayer KC is widely considered to be a leading light in the area, and his practice is at the cutting edge of personal injury quantum. He has knowledge pertaining to a range of injuries including amputations and spinal cord injuries.

William Latimer-Sayer KC is a leader in his field. He is great with clients and provides excellent advice. He is also very pragmatic.

He is always prepared and hugely knowledgeable on quantification of damages claims. He is a safe pair of hands.

William is the go-to barrister for high-value personal injury claims. He is thorough, technically excellent, and fantastic at dealing with expert evidence and experts.

William is pitch perfect on his advocacy. He is a standout quantum KC.

William is simply the best of the best. He is lovely with clients, brilliant at getting the best out of difficult experts and has the astonishing ability to master every detail in huge case.

Daniel Lawson
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Daniel Lawson
1
Band 1

Daniel Lawson is recognised by the market as a leading claimant junior who often appears unled against silks in complex injury claims. He focuses on accident at work and RTA cases and is commended for his assistance in multi-track claims. He is also known to handle high-profile liability cases.

Daniel is amazing on his feet, a brilliant advocate.

Dan’s knowledge of work-based accidents is second to none. He is the leading expert in this area. Dan also has excellent strategic ideas and commercial awareness.

Dan's ability to handle complex liability issues with ease is phenomenal. His advocacy is understated but pragmatic and firm, achieving excellent results.

Daniel excels at workplace personal injury actions. He has a thorough approach to his analysis of the evidence, which gives me full confidence in his advice.

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Joel Donovan
3
Band 3

Joel Donovan KC concentrates on maximum severity psychiatric, spinal and brain injury cases for claimants. He is also adept at handling cases involving chronic pain syndromes. He has a deep understanding of claims arising from RTAs, and his practice also includes clinical negligence work. He is regularly instructed in cases involving disclosure, limitation and multiparty issues.

Joel is a barrister's barrister.

Chesca Lord
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Chesca Lord
4
Band 4

Chesca Lord is a respected junior who has significant expertise in complex quantum cases. She often acts for claimants in matters arising from motor accidents.

Chesca is detail-focused and sensible.

Chesca is excellent. She is fantastic at preparing complex schedules of loss and dealing with expert evidence.

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Tamar Burton
4
Band 4

Tamar Burton has a strong personal injury practice with particular expertise in assessment of damages. She has experience handling complex matters including historic sexual abuse and serious RTAs.

Tamar is great with clients and approachable.

Tamar Burton is so smart and so clear.

Tamar is undoubtedly one of the emerging stars of today. She is incredibly thorough, has a fantastic grasp of the law and the evidence, and is wonderful with clients.

Tamar is excellent.

Tamar does an incredible job, is hard-working and very able.

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Silks (KC)

London (Bar)

Personal Injury

William Latimer-Sayer KC
William Latimer-Sayer KC
Star Individuals
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Joel Donovan KC
3
Band 3

Juniors

London (Bar)

Personal Injury

Daniel Lawson
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Daniel Lawson
1
Band 1
Chesca Lord
4
Chesca Lord
4
Band 4
4
Tamar Burton
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Band 4