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Peter Houghton

020 7797 8100 houghton@crownofficechambers.com

Position

Barrister practising in the core areas of Chambers’ work, with particular emphasis on personal injury, industrial disease (deafness, vibration white finger, repetitive strain injuries and asbestos and other dust-related disease), clinical negligence, insurance disputes, commercial contracts and costs litigation. Reported cases: Durham v BAI (Run Off) Ltd [2009] 2 All ER 26 and [2011] 1 All ER 605: the employers’ liability policy trigger litigation, instructed on behalf of a major liability insurer at first instance and in the Court of Appeal (also instructed in resisting appeal to the Supreme Court in late 2011).

Career

Called 2005; Lincoln’s Inn (Scholar).

Memberships

PIBA; LCLBA.

Education

Aylesbury Grammar School; St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (2002 MA (Hons); 2003 MPhil); City University (2004 CPE); Inns of Court School of Law (2005 BVC).