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Mr Charles Woodhouse KC
Work Department
Personal injury, clinical negligence.
Position
Charlie specialises in Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Inquests.
He has enormous experience acting for Claimants and Defendants predominantly in high value and serious or fatal injury cases arising from road traffic, industrial and other accidents. His caseload includes accidents resulting in brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation and cases involving contested mental capacity. Charlie has a particularly strong reputation acting in claims by members of the armed forces and for acting for insurers in cases involving Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Chronic Pain and associated disorders, including Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Functional Neurological Disorder.
He has considerable experience of claims that arise out of accidents, often fatal, involving industrial machinery including cranes, trains and other engineering equipment in which Charlie is regularly instructed to act at inquest and in civil proceedings.
He has considerable experience in clinical negligence acting at inquest and in civil proceedings in a wide range of clinical accident claims including fatal accident claims, obstetric negligence claims and claims arising from delayed diagnoses.
Career
Called 1997; Bridewell Chambers; Old Square Chambers 2005-present; he regularly lectures on procedural and substantive matters.
Publications of note:
Charlie is a contributor to Munkmari on Employers Liability.
Education
London School of Economics (LLB Hons).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Personal injury
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Old Square Chambers is known as ‘one of the best personal injury sets at the Bar’. Charles Woodhouse KC has particular experience acting in defendant claims involving chronic pain, functional illness, and mild traumatic brain injury as well as for members of the armed services. Kara Loraine was recently instructed by the claimant in the widely publicised High Court case of Mathieu v Aviva, in which a successful artist suffering from a brain injury following a collision with a moped claimed for significant compensation for loss of past and future earnings – the case considered whether provisional damages can and should be awarded for the risk of developing dementia due to severe traumatic brain injury.
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Charles Woodhouse KC – Old Square Chambers ‘He has the command of the court room and his advocacy is a joy to observe.’
Old Square Chambers‘ personal injury counsel are ‘second-to-none‘, with ‘a breadth of experience‘ acting for both claimants and defendants on issues from catastrophic injury to industrial disease. Ben Collins KC is acting for the claimant in Suresh v GMC, a case brought by the widow of a doctor who took his own life after being the subject of unfounded allegations, this claim considers the liability of GMC to its doctors. Charles Woodhouse KC has notable experience in claims regarding spinal cord injuries; Katherine Howells has standout expertise in international claims, and those involving serious brain injuries. The set is known for, but by no stretch of the imagination defined by, its historical connections to trade unions and the Western circuit; Daniel Neill joined the set in 2022 from Guildhall Chambers.