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Personal Injury | UK Bar

Northern (Bar)

This section covers the full scope of litigation arising from injuries sustained outside of a clinical context. This includes litigation arising from workplace accidents, motor accidents and abuse claims. Purely travel-related injuries are covered in a separate section entitled Travel: International Personal Injury, within the Travel section of the guide. Industrial disease is covered in our Industrial Disease sub-table.

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Band 1
  1. Byrom Street Chambers
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    Byrom Street Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    Byrom Street Chambers "has an enviable set of first class leaders in catastrophic injury law" and is the leading personal injury set on the Northern Circuit. It houses a strong roster of experienced barristers who are called upon to represent both claimants and defendants in a broad range of personal injury matters. Members are particularly well versed in complex and high-value catastrophic injury claims, and are frequently instructed in cases arising from serious RTAs and sports accidents. The team is also regarded as a top choice for industrial disease matters and injury cases involving historic sexual abuse. Barristers at Byrom Street recently featured for the appellants in the Court of Appeal concerning the application of tariffs for mixed injuries in whiplash cases.
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Band 2
  1. 9 St John Street
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    9 St John Street
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    9 St John Street is a highly regarded set on the Northern Circuit, and its members are regularly instructed to act for both claimants and defendants, including several insurers and public bodies, in complex catastrophic and fatal injury cases. The additional areas of expertise for the team include industrial disease matters and employers' liability claims. The set is also noted for its expert handling of cases arising from RTAs, and its barristers are frequently called upon to handle claims involving allegations of fraud. Instructing solicitors say "The members of chambers are very experienced, provide due consideration and advice as necessary to a high level." Recent instructions include successfully representing the defendant in Shepherd v Hastings Insurance regarding claims of ongoing chronic pain and psychiatric injuries allegedly sustained due to a RTA.
  2. Deans Court Chambers
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    Deans Court Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    Deans Court Chambers consistently operates at a high level in the personal injury market, and its members are well regarded for their expert handling of catastrophic injury, industrial disease and sexual abuse claims. The team is regularly called upon to represent both claimants and defendants, and receives instructions from several major insurers, local authorities and government bodies, as well as private individuals. The set also offers expertise in occupiers' and landlords' liability claims, and its barristers have experience of appearing before the courts at all levels, up to and including the Supreme Court. Recent highlights include defending in a vicarious liability claim concerning an employee whose leg had been broken in a workplace accident. Interviewees say: "Deans Court Chambers is an excellent chambers with very good range of counsel, they're always able to provide very capable barristers."
  3. Exchange Chambers
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    Exchange Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    Exchange Chambers is highly regarded for its expertise spanning a wide range of personal injury matters. Members are regularly instructed in catastrophic and fatal injury claims, as well as high-value industrial disease and amputation cases. The team also fields expertise in cases involving complex pain disorders, and the set is regarded as a top choice for difficult military claims, such as recent instructions for the defence in a large number of claims for non-freezing cold injuries. Other recent work has included acting for the claimant seeking damages following an amputation necessitated by having been run over by a bin lorry. Market sources note: "They're excellent at very serious matters, appeals and matters in the High Court."
  4. Kings Chambers
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    Kings Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 2 | 13 Years Ranked
    Kings Chambers is a well-regarded set on the Northern Circuit boasting a strong bench of dedicated barristers who are well placed to handle a range of complex injury claims. The areas of particular strength for the team include high-value catastrophic brain and spinal injury claims, as well as industrial disease matters and cases involving chronic pain syndromes. The set is regularly instructed to act for both claimants and defendants, and counts several large organisations, local authorities and major insurers among its varied clientele. Work highlights include representing the insurer in a case where the claimant became paraplegic following an RTA. Interviewees report: "Kings Chambers are a very good set who can handle the most complex and serious injury claims."
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Band 3
  1. Cobden House Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 3
  2. St John's Buildings
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 3