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Michael de Navarro KC

UK Bar 2026

2 Temple Gardens

Ranked in 1 practice area

Clinical Negligence

London (Bar)

21 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

Career

Reported clinical negligence cases include NAX v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2018], Manzi v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2018] (CA), Hamed v Dr Mills and ors [2015],R v RNOH [2012], Notts CC v Bottomley and anor [2010], Whiston v London SHA, Knight v South Essex Health Authority [2008], CJL v West Midlands Strategic Health Authority [2009], Antoniades v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust [2007], Cowley v Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority [2006], YM v Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust [2006], Macey v Warwickshire HA [2004], Page v Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust [2004], Royal Victoria Infirmary v B [2002]. Reported personal injury cases include Adams v SEB [1993] (CA), Green v Building Scene [1994] (CA), O'Shea v Kingston-upon-Thames [1995] (CA), Hunter v Butler [1995] (CA), Jolley v LB of Sutton [1998] (CA), [2001] (HL). Other reported cases include Wentworth v Wiltshire CC [1992] (CA), Nykredit Mortgage Bank v Edward Erdman [1996] (HL), John Monroe (Acrylics) v LFCDA [1997] (CA), Day v Cook [2000], Miller v Hales [2006] and Smith v Skanska Construction Services Ltd [2008].

Called 1968, KC 1990. Bencher Inner Temple 2000.

Professional Memberships

PIBA (Committee member 1995, Chairman 1997-99). Western Circuit.

Personal

Born 1944; resides Broadway.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Clinical Negligence - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Michael de Navarro KC is highly praised by peers and other market sources for his clinical negligence expertise, particularly when it comes to catastrophic injury cases such as brain and spinal cord injury claims. He handles everything from small injury claims to those of the highest value and severity, and acts for both claimants and defendants. He has worked on a number of wrongful birth cases.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He is brilliant. He is a good choice for anyone looking for a barrister on a multimillion pound case.
Clinical NegligenceUK Bar
He is an extremely knowledgeable clinical negligence barrister, and his knowledge and recall of really complex pediatric brain injury cases is exceptional.
Clinical NegligenceUK Bar