JUNIOR PROFILE

Colm Nugent

UK Bar 2026

Gatehouse Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Personal Injury

London (Bar)

9 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Colm is a specialist barrister in the fields of personal injury and related insurance issues. He is also instructed in a variety of disputes outside these core fields including difficult interlocutory applications, having lectured extensively on the CPR and related costs issues.

Colm acts for both Claimants and Defendants in all aspects of injury and related disputes with a particular focus on lower limb injuries, subtle brain injury (especially those leading to an increased risk of dementia), complex loss of earnings claims, hand injuries and long-term loss claims as well as fatalities. He is an acknowledged specialist in claims concerning the application of the Defective Premises Act, which has taken him to the Court of Appeal this year.

He is sought after by insurers for cases where fraud and exaggeration are suspected and has had success at striking out a number of such claims. Colm lectures regularly on the CPR, litigation tactics, defending fraud claims, bringing complex loss claims and issues arising from disability and interpretation of the Ogden reduction factors. Colm is also an accredited ADR Group Mediator.

Colm regularly speaks at training events and seminars, and also gives webinars for Practical Law, LexisNexis and others.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Personal Injury - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Colm Nugent of Gatehouse Chambers manages a diverse caseload of catastrophic injury, psychiatric injury and fatal accident claims. He is known for his focus on occupiers' liability cases and his knowledge of the Defective Premises Act. His practice is balanced between claimants and defendants.

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Strengths

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Colm Nugent provides very sensible advice and is very effective in court.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Colm is extremely clever, very tactical, and excellent at cutting through the detail of a case to reach the key issues. His advocacy is excellent. He also has a flexible approach to handling cases.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
He is very responsive and has a good turnaround. He can quickly analyse a lot of information. His advocacy both in pleadings and orally is persuasive. He is good with grasping even the small details.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Colm demonstrates excellent attention to detail and always sees the bigger picture.
Personal InjuryUK Bar