JUNIOR PROFILE
Celia Oldham

Celia Oldham

UK Bar 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Celia is a commercial barrister specialising in group litigation and product liability disputes.

She has acted in a wide range of high-profile group actions and mass tort claims, including the long-running diesel emissions litigation, multiple environmental group claims, complex multi-party consumer actions, and group claims concerning medical products.

She is regularly instructed in significant product liability disputes in both unitary and group claims. She has particular experience in product liability claims which raise complex technical issues and require substantial expert evidence, as well as claims with a regulatory angle.

She also has broad commercial litigation experience and acts in a wide range of commercial disputes including aviation claims, fraud claims, and claims raising issues of consumer law.

Career

History BA (Hons), Double First, Cambridge University; GDL, Distinction, City University; BPTC, Outstanding, City University; Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincolns Inn; Megarry Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn; Buchanan Award, Lincoln’s Inn; called to the Bar 2015.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Product Liability - London (Bar)

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Celia Oldham is a well-regarded junior barrister with considerable experience representing defendants in product liability claims. She is recognised for her work in the automotive and aviation industries alongside her wider consumer law practice.

Group Litigation - All Circuits

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Celia Oldham is a much sought-after junior who has significant experience in product liability-related group litigation.

Strengths

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  • Celia is a joy to work with. She is extremely committed, thorough and knowledgeable. She has a reassuring manner which clients love and she always goes the extra mile.

    Product LiabilityUK Bar
  • Celia has excellent experience, is very meticulous, and has an ability to quickly grasp complex issues.

    Product LiabilityUK Bar
  • Celia Oldham is hard-working, bright, and appreciates the wider implications of large-scale litigation.

    Product LiabilityUK Bar
  • Celia was brilliant on detail and supportive.

    Group LitigationUK Bar
  • Celia is just fabulous. She has an extraordinary ability to know in advance how other lawyers are thinking. She is amazingly bright, very calm and hugely knowledgeable.

    Group LitigationUK Bar
  • Her instincts are spot-on, a perfect junior for high-stakes group work.

    Group LitigationUK Bar

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