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Katherine Deal KC
Position
Barrister specialising in personal injury work with a particular focus on travel litigation including aviation claims. Has acted in a number of leading cases in this area including Homawoo v GMF Assurances (C-412/10) (in which the CJEU definitively confirmed the date of entry into effect of Rome II); Keefe v Mapfre & Hoteles Pinero Canarias [2013] EWHC 4279 (QB) (on jurisdiction over a foreign tortfeasor, currently on appeal to Court of Appeal); Middleton v Allianz & Middleton [2012] EWHC 2287 (QB) (on applicable law of claim and additional claim for overseas accident), Jones v AGF [2010] ILPr 4 and Thwaites v Aviva [2010] Lloyd’s Rep IR 667 (jurisdiction and applicable law in direct claims against foreign insurers);Healy v Cosmosair [2005] EWHC 1657 (QB) (catastrophic accident in course of package holiday in Portugal); Bygrave v Thomas Cook [2003] EWCA Civ 1631; Jones v Sunworld [2003] EWHC 591 QC (leading case on scope of package); Edmunds v Simmonds [2001] 1 WLR 1003 (applicable law under PIL(MP)A 1995).
Career
Called Middle Temple 1997. Contributes division on overseas travel claims in Butterworths ‘Personal Injury Litigation Service’, updated March 2014; appointed by Council of the Inns of Court as a volunteer barrister for disciplinary hearings, 2009-13. Publishes in various journals including ‘New Law Journal’. Contributed to APIL’s ‘Guide to Accidents Abroad 2013’ and ‘Oliver and Dingemans: Employers Liability Cases’ (Butterworths, 2003). Conciliator to the Passenger Shipping Association/CLIA UK 2010-2014.
Languages
Fluent French, German.
Memberships
- Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA)
- London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association (LCLCBA)
- Pan-European Organisatin of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL)
Education
Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks; St Hugh’s College, Oxford (1995 BA Hons French and German, first class); City University (1996 Diploma in Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Katherine Deal KC –3 Hare Court ‘Katherine is an excellent, practical counsel who makes sound commercial judgements and provide honest timely and helpful advice on the management of issues.’
‘A leading set in cross-border personal injury’, 3 Hare Court offers ‘a wealth of experience‘, primarily focussing on claims involving cross-border issues rather than domestic cases. Howard Stevens KC acts for the respondent in Griffiths v TUI UK Limited, a claim concerning food poisoning on a holiday which concerns the status of ‘uncontroverted’ expert evidence. Katherine Deal KC also specialises in such international work; James Hawkins has specialist expertise regarding the applicable standard of care in travel claims. The set is also experienced in claims involving terrorist or criminal incidents abroad. Dan Saxby acts particularly for defendants, including tour operators, insurers, airlines and hotel groups.
London Bar > Aviation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Katherine Deal KC – 3 Hare Court ‘Katherine is an excellent, practical counsel who makes sound commercial judgments and provides honest, timely and helpful advice on the management of issues. She is confident and a fierce advocate on any matter, producing excellent results for lay clients.’