JUNIOR PROFILE

Anna Symington

UK Bar 2026

12 King's Bench Walk

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Personal Injury

London (Bar)

5 years ranked

Motor Insurance Fraud

All Circuits

11 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Anna specialises in high value personal injury claims. Chambers & Partners 2024 say “Anna is superb, a great advocate with a no-nonsense approach.”

Anna acts in claims involving serious personal injury, with particular emphasis on claims with complex medical causation issues. Her practice focuses on:

• all forms of pain syndromes, including chronic pain syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia and somatoform disorders;

fatalities;

• serious spinal damage;

• brain injury cases, including those characterised as subtle in nature and FND claims;

• complex orthopaedic and amputation cases;

• psychiatric conditions

Anna deals with liability disputes in all forms of RTA, EL and PL claims. She is currently instructed in a number of high value RTA claims with multiple accident reconstruction experts.

Her caseload is heavily weighted towards acting for Insurers, but she is also regularly instructed on behalf of Claimants. Anna frequently appears unled against KCs.

Anna lives in the West Country but her practice is nationwide.

See https://12kbw.co.uk/barristers/anna-symington/ for further details.

Career

Call: 2002

Anna practices in main stream personal injury work, with a particular focus on defending fraudulent claims and claims where fundamental dishonesty is suspected. She acts on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants in high value personal injury claims and has particular expertise in CRPS and ‘pain’ cases.

Professional Memberships

Appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown

Attorney General’s Provincial Panel of Counsel (2007 – 2018)

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Personal Injury - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Anna Symington is an established personal injury barrister who is regularly instructed in high-value claims and is well versed in cases arising from motor accidents. Although she primarily acts for defendants, she is a popular choice for claimant solicitors.

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Motor Insurance Fraud - All Circuits

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Anna Symington is adept at handling matters involving fraud, including phantom passenger and staged or fictional accident claims. She additionally demonstrates considerable expertise in fundamental dishonesty matters. Symington assists both claimants and defendants.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

She keeps a real eye on the detail and is fearless.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
She is an all-round superstar. She is always helpful and constantly thinking of tactics to progress matters.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Anna is an impressive advocate and joint settlement meeting strategist.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Anna always gives pragmatic and commercially sensible advice. She has an eye for detail and is always calm under pressure.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
She is no-nonsense and very sensible in her approach.
Motor Insurance FraudUK Bar
Anna has expertise in exaggerated claims and she's very good at this. She has a strong reputation.
Motor Insurance FraudUK Bar