
Simon Readhead KC
About
Provided by Simon Readhead KC
Practice Areas
Simon Readhead KC has a wide-ranging practice in medico-legal law including all aspects of clinical liability, professional liability and indemnity claims particularly involving clinical liability and personal injury, personal injury claims including industrial accidents and occupational diseases, health and safety claims and product liability.
Simon has a special interest and expertise in catastrophic injury claims including birth trauma, other neurological injuries particularly involving the head and spine and high value and complex quantum claims.
Simon is recognised as a Tier / Band 1 King’s Counsel in the current editions of the leading legal directories in the UK. He is also listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in the UK. Simon is a Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple and the joint Head of Chambers at Deka Chambers in London. He is the current President of the Medico-Legal Society.
Career
Simon is former Junior of the Midland Circuit and was the founding author of piBlawg, an online clinical liability and personal injury blog. He was also involved in the development of piCalculator which is now the leading online encrypted damages calculation tool. Simon is regularly asked to speak at conferences and seminars both in the UK and abroad, most recently in Hong Kong.
Simon is a trustee and member of the management committee of both the Permanent Exhibition of Judicial and Legal Costume in the Royal Courts of Justice and the Arts and Education Trust at the Rolls Building.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Simon Readhead KC
Simon Readhead KC impresses both with his knowledge of complex medical negligence matters and his meticulous approach to his work. He has a very broad practice and is recognised for his work on claims involving catastrophic and neurological injuries. He works on behalf of both claimants and defendants.
Simon Readhead KC
Simon Readhead KC is an experienced silk with extensive experience handing complex, high-value catastrophic injury and clinical negligence litigation. He is adept at interpreting difficult medical evidence. He is regularly instructed to act on behalf of both claimants and defendants.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon has an excellent client manner, while being able to get to the crux of an issue. He is a robust advocate and is always extremely well prepared. His attention to detail is meticulous."
"Simon's attention to detail is second to none. He is extremely knowledgeable and dependable."
"Simon is an excellent lawyer with years of experience in clinical negligence."
"He is really thorough and very good with clients."
"Simon has an excellent client manner, while being able to get to the crux of an issue. He is a robust advocate and is always extremely well prepared. His attention to detail is meticulous."
"Simon's attention to detail is second to none. He is extremely knowledgeable and dependable."
"Simon is an excellent lawyer with years of experience in clinical negligence."
"He is really thorough and very good with clients."
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