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Marcus Dignum KC

Marcus Dignum KC

UK Bar 2026

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About

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Marcus is a specialist defendant catastrophic personal injury silk, who acts for most of the large insurers in the UK defending claims predominantly in the context of RTA and EL/PL work. He also defends clinical negligence claims.

He took Silk in 2020, having been recognised as a Tier 1 Junior in Chambers & Partners and a Leading Junior in The Legal 500 for many years. He is lauded for his “robust, realistic and very personal service.” He combines “intellectual rigour, a commercial approach and great charm” to good effect on high-value catastrophic injury cases.

For many years he has dealt with claims of the highest value and has extensive experience of claims involving the most serious head and spinal injuries where awards are made or settlements reached of several million pounds.

He has particular expertise in cases involving paralysis, amputation and brain injury, including subtle brain injury.

He is much sought after as a trial advocate and was recently instructed to defend one of the largest personal injury claims ever made (£33m) over the course of a 10 day trial in the High Court.

See https://12kbw.co.uk/barristers/marcus-dignum-kc/ for further details.

Career

Called 1994.

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Personal Injury - London (Bar)

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Band 2

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Marcus Dignum KC primarily defends insurance clients in catastrophic injury claims that involve large financial exposure. He is highly experienced in matters involving brain injury, chronic pain, amputation and spinal injury. He focuses on motor accidents involving difficult liability, causation and quantum issues.

Strengths

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  • He is loved by clients and is very down to earth. He is excellent at cutting to key issues.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar
  • He stays calm under pressure and always gets excellent results.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar
  • Marcus is very strong all round, approachable with clients and a superb trial advocate.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar

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