JUNIOR PROFILE
Daniel Tobin

Daniel Tobin

UK Bar 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Dan specialises in high value, complex personal injury, motor claims, property damage and general insurance work.

He has been listed as a Leading Junior in Personal Injury since 2010. He is listed as band 1 in The Legal 500 and band 3 in Chambers and Partners.

Dan deals with liability and quantum disputes in all forms of RTA, EL and PL claims. He is equally at home in all aspects of modern personal injury practice, whether it be settling detailed Schedules and Counter Schedules of Loss, preparing for and attending JSMs or cross-examining experts at trial. He is often instructed in cases where there are elements of fraud, malingering and/or exaggeration.

He has extensive experience of amputation and prosthetics, catastrophic brain injury, spinal injuries, chronic pain and somatoform conditions.

He often appears on his own against Leading Counsel.

See https://12kbw.co.uk/barristers/daniel-tobin/ for further details.

Career

Called 1994, Middle Temple.

Professional Memberships

PIBA

LCLCBA

Personal

Daniel has two teenage daughters and lives in London. Outside of work he rides his bike (a lot), enjoys reading, eating out and the cinema. He is a qualified skydiver, has a black belt in Korean kickboxing and still harbours the (albeit ever-diminishing) ambition of completing an Ironman triathlon.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Personal Injury - London (Bar)

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Daniel Tobin is an impressive personal injury advocate with particular expertise in highways law. He represents both claimants and defendants, including local authorities and private individuals, especially in claims relating to accidents on roads and in the workplace. He has appeared in many cases concerning motorcyclists and is noted for his adept handling of cases involving alleged fraud.

Strengths

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  • He has been excellent.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar
  • Daniel is fantastic with clients and cuts straight to the issues. He is very responsive.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar
  • He is a very user-friendly barrister and a tenacious advocate.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar

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