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39 Essex Chambers
81 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1DD
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Simon Browne KC
Position
Simon is an experienced counsel, be it in the fields of commercial costs and litigation funding, catastrophic brain and spinal injury, and related areas of sports law, clinical negligence, insurance, and professional negligence and professional regulation.
In addition to dealing with costs in commercial litigation and advising on litigation funding, Simon has a formidable reputation regarding costs in Group Litigation, be it for the claimant group or defendants. He has advised and conducted advocacy in the Civil Phone Hacking litigation concerning News of the World and the Mirror Group, the Construction Industry Vetting Litigation, The Truck Cartel Claims in the Competition Tribunal, the Sub-Postmaster claims against the Post Office, the Iraqi Civilian Claims against the MoD, the Grenfell Inquiry, and the Hillsborough Misfeasance Claims.
Simon also has extensive experience of catastrophic injury and clinical negligence claims. In 2020 he was shortlisted for personal injury / clinical negligence barrister of the year. He is much sought after by both Claimants and Defendants which is due to his expertise in brain and spinal injury claims. He has been instructed in a number of high-profile cases for both claimants and insurance clients regarding both domestic and international incidents, each often valued in excess of £10 million.
He is a qualified arbitrator and mediator.
Career
Call: 1982, Silk: 2011
Appointments:
Barrister Assessor in the High Court
(2007 to date)
Appointed by the Lord Chancellor to sit as a Barrister Assessor in the High Court on Appeals
Chairman of Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service
(2013 to 2018)
Appointed to sit as chairman of the barrister disciplinary tribunals
Costs Committee of the Civil Justice Council
(2013 to date)
Appointed by the Master of the Rolls to sit as a member of the Civil Justice Council
Joint Tribunal of the Bar Council and the Law Society
(2013 to date)
Appointed by the General Council of the Bar to sit as a barrister representative on the Joint Tribunal
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Costs
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1With considerable expertise in costs issues arising from group litigation, 39 Essex Chambers’ well established costs practice sees its members regularly appearing before the SCCO, High Court, CAT, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court; as well as a strong international arbitration presence, especially in the Middle East and Asia. Simon Browne KC represented the claimant in AKC v Barking and Redbridge NHS Trust, a significant case before the Court of Appeal concerning electronic bills of costs that do not identify individual fee earners. Vikram Sachdeva KC acted for the appellant in Bushby v Galazi, a High Court case which developed on the Court of Appeal’s guidance in Glover v Baker concerning the impact of litigation friends on costs responsibilities. In RPB v HMRC, Nicola Greaney KC continues to represent HMRC in a significant case for after-the-event premiums recoverability in publication and privacy proceedings.
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Simon Browne KC – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Simon is an innovative barrister with a sharp mind and an even sharper advocacy style.’