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John Whitting KC
Position
John Whitting KC is a specialist in all aspects of healthcare law, including clinical negligence, product liability and inquests. John is a noted trial advocate and has appeared in a number of the leading cases in those fields both at first instance and in the appellate courts.
John is also a door tenant at GUILDHALL CHAMBERS (CHAMBERS OF PETER BLAIR KC) Bristol 0117 930 9000.
Career
Call: 1991; KC; 2011; Middle Temple.
Appointed Welsh Government Panel of King’s Counsel 2012.
Languages
French, Spanish.
Memberships
Norwich Union professional indemnity panel, PNBA and TECBAR Association and Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Education
King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon; Oriel College, Oxford (BA Hons 2(1)); King’s College, London (LLM Commercial Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1John Whitting KC –1 Crown Office Row ‘A sublime silk who works fabulously with juniors.’
The ‘brilliant set of counsel’ at 1 Crown Office Row cover claims concerning health care in England and Wales and beyond. A strong track record in multi-party claims, such as the Ian Paterson scandal and mesh litigation, are characteristic of the set. Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC has notable experience in birth injury cases, including CDE v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, in which the claimant, born by caesarean section, suffered hypoxic ischaemia. Philip Havers KC also has experience in this area, as does John Whitting KC whose recent case of Yapp v Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust raises issues regarding whether compensation should persist after the death of the claimant parents and for the lifetime of the child. The set also has expertise in international cases, advising on litigation in Jersey, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions.