Chambers of Charles Gibson QC

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- Work 020 7583 9020
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- Fax 020 7583 2686
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- 1039 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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Geraint Webb QC
- Tel:
- Work 020 7583 9020
- Email:
Work Department
Commercial dispute resolution, product liability, property damage, environmental, consumer law, insurance and re-insurance, arbitration, local government, public procurement.
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial and common law with an emphasis on multi-party litigation, group actions, mass tort claims, cross-border and jurisdictional litigation, product liability/product safety, pharmaceutical claims, major property damage and contamination claims, sale of goods, insurance/reinsurance, international arbitration, professional indemnity, environmental, pollution and nuisance, and public procurement, public procurement. Pharmaceutical and medical device product liability GLOs/multi-party claims include: PIP breast implant litigation, metal-on-metal hip implant litigation, Acomplia litigation, Avandia litigation, Foetal Anti-consultant litigation (FACs), Factor VIII/blood products litigation. Food and drink contamination and recall claims include Sudan 1, Para Red, Benzene Litigation. Property damage/contamination claims include the 2007 petrol contamination litigation, major explosions, fires, plant and pipeline failures in petrochemical industry, power-generation industry and construction industry. International arbitration, including insurance coverage disputes, ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ad hoc etc. Further details: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk.
Career
Called 1995. Silk 2013. Princess Royal Scholar. CEDR accredited mediator. Contributor to Product Liability and Safety Encyclopaedia (Butterworths).
Member
COMBAR, LCCLBA, PIBA.
Education
Christ Church, Oxford University (First Class Hons).
London Bar
Environment
Within: Environment – Leading silks
Geraint Webb QC - Henderson Chambers ‘Very smooth operator, great strategic thinker, with a very measured and courteous style that wins judges over.’
Within: Environment
Members of Henderson Chambers specialise in large-scale environmental group actions, including acting on both sides of the Volkswagen emissions litigation. Geraint Webb QC was instructed in Lungowe v Verdanta, a major environmental pollution claim arising from mining activities in Zambia; Charles Gibson QC and Oliver Campbell QC successfully defended BP in oil pipe nuisance, environmental and property damage claims in the Colombian Farmers/OCENSA Pipeline litigation.
Product liability
Within: Product liability – Leading silks
Geraint Webb QC - Henderson Chambers ‘A good brain, very straightforward.’
Professional negligence
Within: Professional negligence – Leading silks
Geraint Webb QC - Henderson Chambers ‘Very bright, thorough and very forensic in his approach to expert evidence.’