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1 Chancery Lane

Chambers of John Ross QC

3, LONDON, WC2A 1LF
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Work 0845 634 6666
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Fax 0845 634 6667
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364 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in London Bar

Clinical negligence and healthcare

Within Clinical negligence and healthcare , 1 Chancery Lane (Chambers of John Ross QC) is a second tier firm,

Experience is certainly available at 1 Chancery Lane, which provides ‘a first-class quality of service‘. Satisfied solicitors say that, given this ‘we would be happy to instruct the more junior members‘. Simon Readhead QC ‘prepares extremely well and is rarely wrong-footed‘. Edward Faulks QC appeared successfully for the local authority in X & Y v Hounslow London Borough Council appeal - duty of care and third party violence. Edward Bishop is ‘thorough, knowledgeable and approachable‘. Dr David Thomson appeared in Wootton v Sandhu, a pharmaceutical negligence case with detailed causation aspects. Sarah Paneth has built a strong practice and is regularly instructed by the MDU. Angus Piper has also built a good following.

Consumer and product liability

Within Consumer and product liability , 1 Chancery Lane (Chambers of John Ross QC) is a third tier firm,

1 Chancery Lane is particularly strong in the consumer travel law market, although John Ross QC is regularly instructed in highly technical product failure matters. The much praised Sarah Prager and Matthew Chapman have geared up their travel-linked practices to fill the gap created by Alan Saggerson’s move to the bench. John Norman, who appeared in the Palmer v Palmer and PZ Products Ltd ‘faulty seatbelt‘ litigation cases is recommended for both product liability and associated indemnity issues.

Education

Within Education, 1 Chancery Lane (Chambers of John Ross QC) is a third tier firm,

Edward Faulks QC and Andrew Warnock at 1 Chancery Lane are recommended as ‘leading individuals in the field of educational negligence‘, representing defendant schools in claims relating to bullying, discrimination in access to education and human rights. They acted in a key case for the defendant local authority X & Y v Hounslow LBC.

Human rights and civil liberties

Within Human rights and civil liberties, tier 4

1 Chancery Lane barristers Edward Faulks QC, Andrew Warnock, and Edward Bishop have an excellent track record of acting for public bodies, including the police, on cases with a substantial human rights element. Faulks has led Bishop in important House of Lords cases, including Van Colle. Warnock’s cases for local authorities include A v Essex County Council.

London Bar Overview

Within Leading civil common law sets, 1 Chancery Lane (Chambers of John Ross QC) is a second tier firm,

1 Chancery Lane handles professional and clinical negligence, whilst being competitive in education and personal injury work,. The set’s profile in consumer law is strong, and also in disciplinary workand in human rights law. Head of chambers, John Ross QC ‘has an excellent courtroom manner, which delivers compelling oral arguments‘.

Personal injury

Within Personal injury, 1 Chancery Lane (Chambers of John Ross QC) is a third tier firm,

1 Chancery Lane provides ‘high levels of service - pro-active, efficient and courteous clerking with a very good group of junior counsel‘. Edward Faulks QC is ‘on top form‘ and silk of choice to many. John Ross QC is ‘very good with the detail‘ and recommended for claims with foreign aspects. Juniors include ‘tactically astute‘ Julian Waters who is ‘reliable, consistent, and unflappable in a crisis‘. John Norman, ‘has a remarkable ability to retain information in document heavy litigation‘.

Professional discipline and regulatory law (including police law)

Within Professional discipline and regulatory law (including police law), 1 Chancery Lane (Chambers of John Ross QC) is a second tier firm,

1 Chancery Lane’s ‘excellent and personable‘ team covers a number of disciplines. Edward Bishop and Edward Faulks QC have clear appellate credentials in police law, Geoffrey Weddell’s regulatory work is equally strong; ‘approachable, he’s faultlessly polite to a tribunal, yet forceful when he needs to be‘. Add to this, Alastair Hammerton’s developing body of work; ‘he handles the convoluted case by being thorough, diligent, and excellent‘. The set is ‘competitive‘ in ‘handling larger matters alongside regular work‘, and is led by John Ross QC (‘ a very easy manner, good to deal with‘). ‘Strategic and thoughtful‘, Dr David Thomson is ‘user-friendly and great value‘, which sentiment also captures Laura Johnson’s virtues.

Professional negligence

Within Professional negligence, tier 4

1 Chancery Lane’s John Ross QC led Angus Piper in Simons Construction v Capita Symonds and Nicholas Yell in Stax v Bank of Nova Scotia. Edward Faulks QC and Andrew Warnock are regularly instructed in cases with educational or care elements. John Norman specialises in actions involving accountants, architects, surveyors and engineers, although he appeared successfully for the barrister in Storr and Jacklin v Spencer.

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