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Tamar Burton
Position
Tamar specialises in clinical negligence, personal injury, inquests, employment and discrimination work. She exclusively acts for claimants in her clinical negligence, inquests and personal injury work.
Tamar was appointed as junior counsel to the Infected Blood Inquiry, chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff. Within the Inquiry, she has a particular focus on the impact of blood-borne viruses on infected people and their families.
Tamar specialises in the assessment of damages and is currently the Assistant Secretary to the Ogden Working Party. In clinical negligence and personal injury claims, she is regularly instructed to draft complex, multi-million pound schedules of loss. She has experience of contested High Court liability and quantum trials, both on a led and unled basis. She is also a co-author of chapter on personal injury in Bullen & Leake.
She has an interest in informed consent and co-authored the chapter on consent in Lewis & Buchan A Practical Guide. She is regularly instructed to draft pleadings, for conferences with experts and for procedural applications in front of the QBD Masters, in addition to RTMs and trials.
Career
Called 2012; Middle Temple; Diplock Scholar, 2011 and 2012.
Assistant Secretary to the Ogden Working Party.
Junior Counsel, Infected Blood Inquiry.
Memberships
AvMA; Personal Injury Bar Association; Employment Lawyers Association; Industrial Law Society.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Tamar Burton – Cloisters ‘An impressive junior counsel with great analytical skills and a sharp legal brain.’
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Tamar Burton – Cloisters ‘Thorough, well-prepared and approachable for clients.’
Cloisters are ‘a top set‘ for ‘high-value’ personal injury work, with notable strength in catastrophic injury claims arising from road traffic accidents. William Latimer-Sayer KC continues to be an expert in this area, leading Chesca Lord – a quantum specialist – on a number of complex claims including a case in which the claimant, at 13 years old, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury following a road collision, securing interim payments as the claim continues. Andrew Buchan has particular expertise regarding occupational stress claims; Tamar Burton specialises in the assessment of damages.