Louis Browne KC

Practice Areas

Louis Browne KC has a wide-ranging civil practice with particular emphasis in catastrophic personal injury claims, inquests and inquiries, public law and media law. He appears regularly in the Higher Courts.

In recent years, Louis has been instructed in some of the most high-profile cases (see specific examples in ‘Cases’ section).

Louis has considerable expertise in all areas of public law and judicial review. He frequently acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants in the Administrative Court. His particular areas of specialism are human rights-based challenges in the context of community care, education and mental health. The Inquest work he has done has covered the breadth of cases where Article 2 has been engaged e.g. deaths in custody and deaths where there has been state involvement. He has a detailed knowledge of medical issues as they arise in litigation and at inquests.

He is ranked as a Leading/Tier 1 Silk by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 in Personal Injury, Inquests and Inquiries, Administrative and Public Law and IT, Telecoms and Data Protection.

Louis has a reputation for being accessible, easy to work with and for giving clear and straightforward advice.

Career

Appointments:

Junior Counsel to the Crown January 2000 – January 2017; held Security Clearance in that position.

GLD Silk Panel

Recorder (2004 to date)

Professional Memberships

- Personal Injury Bar Association

- Professional Negligence Bar Association

- Constitutional & Administrative Law Bar Association