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Peter Burns KC

UK Bar 2026

Byrom Street Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Personal Injury

Northern (Bar)

21 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Peter specialises in catastrophic injury claims, with particular expertise in brain injury, spinal injury and amputation cases. He has extensive experience of claims involving complex issues of causation, including intervening clinical negligence. He is regularly instructed in high value fatal accident cases, particularly those involving care as a services dependency. Occupiers' liability is an area of special interest.

Peter acts both for defendants and claimants.

Career

Called 1993. King's Counsel 2019. Postmaster at Merton College, Oxford.

Professional Memberships

Personal Injury Bar Association.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Personal Injury - Northern (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Peter Burns KC specialises in personal injury and industrial disease claims, with additional expertise in insurance matters. He is very able to handle cases related to injuries of some severity, including high-value claims for brain and spinal injury. He primarily represents defendants, and is regularly instructed in cases involving complex medical causation issues.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He's a top level KC. Peter has an ability to break down even the most complex aspects so they are manageable, and he is very user-friendly.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
He is calm, sensible and measured and concentrates on the essential points.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
He is excellent. Peter is mostly on the defense side. He is very pragmatic and finds solutions to problems and finds solutions for his clients.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Peter really adds value with his approach and clients like his manner. He is very accessible and adds real value to every case.
Personal InjuryUK Bar
Peter is excellent on high-value matters. He gets the best result for the clients working multiple angles.
Personal InjuryUK Bar