Personal Injury
Northern (Bar)
18 years ranked
Provided by Cobden House Chambers
Marc Willems KC is a leading Personal injury and Clinical Negligence silk who has appeared in the Court of Appeal, The House of Lords, the Supreme Court and the Privy Council as well as regularly in the High Court representing Claimants and Defendants. Marc has established himself as an expert in TBI, Spinal injury and Amputation cases.
He has overseas experience litigating on Saint Helena and has had clients in Greece, Latvia, Poland and France.
His practice has concentrated on very significant brain and physical injuries and having won in the Supreme Court in Dunhill v Burgin is very familiar with issues relating to capacity to litigate and manage property and affairs. He has settled cases to the value of over £125M in the last 2 years and is involved in many settlement meetings and mediations as a way of compromising difficult litigation.
Marc has also, particularly since taking silk, very significant experience and expertise in Coroner’s inquests having appeared for interested persons such as families and Chief Constables but also many times as Counsel to the Inquest.
He has a busy practice and is reported in 48 cases on Westlaw
Marc is a member of the PIBA Executive Committee and he chairs the Manchester Serious PI and Clin Neg Court Users committee , a body of senior solicitors and Counsel made up of both Claimant and Defendant practitioners who liaise with the local Judges and DCJ to improve the management of litigation in Manchester.
Called 1990
Kings Counsel 2015.
Provided by Chambers
Marc Willems KC is a leading personal injury silk who acts for claimants and defendants alike in heavyweight cases concerning catastrophic brain and spinal injury. He has dealt with many cases involving citizens of foreign countries.
Provided by Chambers
Marc is superb. He is practical, talented and great to work with. His advice is comprehensive and enables me to quickly work through the matter so that it can be concluded as quickly as possible.
Marc is calm in conferences with difficult clients.
Marc is an excellent leader who is able to explain complex matters to lay clients clearly, whilst also setting out strategies in complex matters.
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