SILK PROFILE

Jayne Adams KC

UK Bar 2026

Ropewalk Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Personal Injury: Industrial Disease

All Circuits

11 years ranked

Personal Injury

Midlands (Bar)

28 years ranked

About

Provided by Ropewalk Chambers

Practice Areas

Jayne has extensive experience in disease, high value personal injury, clinical negligence, fraud and sports claims.

She is frequently requested by insurers to advise and represent in cutting-edge disease claims.

She is often invited to provide lectures in all of the areas above, but particularly in the industrial disease field to both solicitor and insurer clients.

Career

Jayne was called to the Bar in 1982.

Professional Memberships

Personal Injuries Bar Association, Nottinghamshire Medico-Legal Society.

Publications

https://ropewalk.co.uk/blog/

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Personal Injury: Industrial Disease - All Circuits

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Jayne Adams KC is highly regarded for her expertise in industrial disease and fraudulent claims. Her practice has a broad scope, encompassing a variety of matters including stress at work, poisoning, asbestos and hand-arm vibration syndrome. She is sought out by both defendants and claimants and is recognised for her strong advocacy skills.

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Personal Injury - Midlands (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Jayne Adams KC is highly esteemed for her experience in industrial disease claims. She has a related specialism in clinical negligence claims and also frequently handles matters involving fraud. She is regularly instructed by major insurers in complex immunotherapy claims.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Jayne is very knowledgeable. She provides excellent written advice and is particularly strong on complex technical issues on disease claims.
Personal Injury: Industrial DiseaseUK Bar
She is fabulous at getting into the nitty-gritty of quantum. She produces succinct advice. We got a stunning result, which was to do with her advocacy and tactical approach.
Personal Injury: Industrial DiseaseUK Bar
She is an excellent barrister and brings that assurance with her that you want from a silk whilst still providing a human touch.
Personal Injury: Industrial DiseaseUK Bar
Jayne is an outstanding performer, both in court and in settlement meetings. She has great mastery of the law, and is very astute in negotiations and able to get the other party to go the extra mile.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Jayne comes across as wonderful in disease and senior work, and she's at the top of her game. She is very user-friendly and very good.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Jayne is a go-to silk for complex difficult cases that she handles with empathy and charm. She is a skilled negotiator that can extract the very last penny from an insurer.
Personal InjuryUK Bar