Charles Bagot KC

Practice Areas

Shortlisted by Chambers UK for Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year 2024.

Charles acts for Claimants and Defendants in complex and high value injury and clinical negligence claims as well as having a particular specialism in secondary victim litigation, fatal accident claims and issues of civil procedure. He sits judicially including at Deputy High Court Judge level.

He is a successful appellate advocate including in the Court of Appeal and the UK Supreme Court, most recently in the landmark Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust secondary victim Supreme Court decision, described by Professor Dominic Regan as “the Tort case of the century.”

He also has a niche practice in procedural law, having led on appeals in the Court of Appeal and Privy Council arising out of procedural points in his specialist fields and civil litigation generally, both domestic claims and appeals from overseas jurisdictions.

He has advised major insurers in numerous high value cases being litigated in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and Gibraltar respectively. He has acted as an expert witness on English law in foreign jurisdictions.

He is sought after by insurers for cases where fraud and exaggeration are suspected in high value injury and clinical negligence claims.

Career

1997 call; 2018 QC.

Appointed Deputy High Court Judge 2021-; Deputy KB Master 2015; Recorder (Crime and Civil) 2018

Publications

Kemp & Kemp: the Quantum of Damages and the Personal Injuries and Quantum Reports (Editorial Boards).

Professional Memberships

PIBA (elected Chair 2022-2024);

Governing Bencher of Inner Temple (elected 2019).

Personal

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