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Personal Injury | UK Bar

Western (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. Guildhall Chambers
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    Guildhall Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    Guildhall Chambers is a top-tier set on the Western Circuit, with expertise spanning the full gamut of personal injury claims. Members are regularly instructed to act on behalf of both claimants and defendants, including several major insurers and corporate bodies, and are experienced in the handling of claims involving chronic pain, fatal accidents and catastrophic and psychiatric injuries. Additional areas of strength for the team include industrial disease cases and complex employers' and occupier liability disputes. Barristers at Guildhall recently acted for a claimant who brought a claim for severe injuries, including an amputation, suffered as a result of a high speed road accident. Instructing solicitors say: "Guildhall are commercially very savvy and always approachable and happy to advise on forthcoming legal developments."
  2. St John's Chambers
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    St John's Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    A market-leading set on the Western Circuit, St John's Chambers is well regarded for its formidable personal injury offering. Its barristers regularly act for and advise both claimant and defendant clients, including numerous key insurance companies, in high-value catastrophic and fatal injury claims. Industrial disease and stress at work claims serve as further sources of instruction for members, and the set houses additional experience in the handling of cases involving allegations of dishonesty and fraud. Members acted in a matter regarding fatality that arose from a motorcycle accident against Goodyear Tyres.
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Band 2
  1. Old Square Chambers
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    Old Square Chambers
    Personal Injury
    2024 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    The personal injury barristers at Old Square Chambers are regularly instructed to act for both claimants and defendants in the full range of personal injury matters. The chambers areas of expertise for the team include catastrophic spinal and brain injury, chronic pain and fatal accident claims. The set's members are also well regarded for their handling of difficult quantum disputes and complex employers' liability and stress at work claims, drawing on the set's recognised strengths in costs and employment law.