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About
Provided by Dominic Nolan KC
Practice Areas
Dominic has specialised for 35 years (for 17 years as a silk) in clinical negligence and personal injury claims. He now deals exclusively with the most complex and serious claims in these fields. He has considerable experience and particular expertise in cases involving serious brain or spinal injury. He prides himself on being approachable and sensitive when dealing with all parties. Dominic’s current practice is 50% complex clinical negligence and 50% catastrophic personal injury.
Having built a substantial practice as a junior and then in silk at Ropewalk Chambers Dominic joined Hailsham Chambers in January 2015. He is now well established in the London rankings as a leading silk in both of his areas of work
Professional Memberships
Dominic is a member of the Professional Negligence Bar Association and the Personal Injury Bar Association
Personal
Dominic is an active practitioner and advocate of all types of ADR. He has acted as leading counsel in countless settlement meetings and mediations. He renewed his qualification as a mediator in July 2020 and intends to practise as a mediator alongside his Bar practice.
Dominic sat as a Recorder for 17 years, authorised to hear civil, criminal and private law family cases. He was appointed a Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in 2013 and served as inaugural chair of its Pre-Call Education Committee from 2016 to 2021.He is currently the Inn’s representative Governor on the Board of the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.