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Byrom Street Chambers
12 BYROM STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 4PP
England
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Rhiannon Jones KC
Work Department
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Position
The full range of personal injury work for Claimants and Defendants, in particular spinal and brain injuries with a particular interest in causation and quantum of damages. Also clinical negligence. Acting for Claimants who are in persistent vegetative and minimally conscious states. Have dealt with numerous amputation cases dealing with the most up to date prosthetic componentry. Also acted for Claimants who had suffered sexual abuse negotiating some of the highest awards in such cases. Has wide experience in chronic pain cases where credibility is in issue.
Career
Lamb Chambers 1993-2004, Farrars Building 2004-2016, Byrom Street Chambers since April 2016.
Memberships
PIBA. PNBA. LCLCBA.
Education
Manchester High School for Girls, King’s College London, BMus, MA, AKC
Personal
Hobbies, all sports especially swimming. Music.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Rhiannon Jones KC – Byrom Street Chambers ‘Rhiannon is a formidable advocate. She grasps very complex issues and digests a huge volume of evidence swiftly, she is firm and clear with the client, and she engenders huge respect from everyone.’
Majority-silk set Byrom Street Chambers has members with ‘unparalleled expertise in clinical negligence work’, who often appear in highly complex catastrophic injury claims for both claimants and defendants. Head of chambers Winston Hunter KC predominantly handles cases concerning clinicians’ breach of duty and birth injury claims, the latter also being an area of expertise for James Rowley KC. David Heaton KC acts for both claimants and defendants in significant brain and spinal injury cases, and Rhiannon Jones KC has experience handling fatal accident claims arising from negligent medical treatment. Darryl Allen KC is highly skilled in advising on cases of failed diagnoses. Mary Ruck KC was appointed to silk in the 2023 round – she has expertise in cases involving vulnerable people with psychiatric injuries.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Rhiannon Jones KC – Byrom Street Chambers ‘Rhiannon is one of the best KCs doing this work and her attention to detail is second-to-none. She has the ability to absorb huge volumes of information quickly and distil it down to the key issues in a clear and easily accessible way, she is calm and reassuring with lay clients, and she is excellent in conference with experts on complex medical issue.’
Byrom Street Chambers ‘has an enviable set of leading counsel in personal injury litigation, including some of the most experienced and well-respected names on the Northern Circuit’. Winston Hunter KC is Head of Chambers and handles high-value, complex personal injury claims; he represented the defendant in a case concerning a solicitor who claimed that she lost the opportunity to pursue her career at a US law firm as a result of her injuries. Andrew Lewis KC has substantial experience in cases regarding allegations of exaggeration and fraud, and David Heaton acts for both claimants and defendants in catastrophic brain and spinal injury cases. The set is also home to Rhiannon Jones KC, who has expertise in quantum in spinal and brain injury claims, and Simon Kilvington KC, a reputable asbestos litigator. Michael Lemmy joined the team in November 2022 from 9 St John Street Chambers.