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Chambers of John Ross QC

LONDON, WC2A 1LF, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 0845 634 6666
Fax:
Fax 0845 634 6667
DX:
364 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.1chancerylane.com
Email:

Andrew Warnock

Tel:
Work +44 845 634 6666
Email:
1 Chancery Lane (Chambers of John Ross QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in professional negligence, particularly solicitors’, surveyors’ and accountants’ negligence; claims against public authorities, in particular educational negligence and claims involving the police; and personal injury claims, particularly those involving psychiatric injury and duty of care issues. Cases include: Dermott v Harrow LBC [2011]; VL v Oxfordshire CC [2010]; A v Essex CC [2010] SC; Connor v Surrey CC [CA]; X + Y v Hounslow London Borough Council [2009] CA; A and Others v Essex County Council and Others [2008]; McGlinn v Huw Thomas Architects and Others [2007]; Appiah and anor v Bishop Douglass School (2007); B(1) B(2) v A County Council [2006]; Andrew Marr v Lambeth LBC [2006]; Ali v head teachers and governors of Lord Grey School HL [2006]; Adams v Bracknell Forest Borough Council [2004] HL; DN v LB of Greenwich [2004] CA; Carty v LB of Croydon [2004] CA; A + B v Essex County Council [2003] CA; Bradford-Smart v West Sussex County Council [2002] CA; Grimm v Newman and Chantrey Vellacott DFK [2002] CA; Leeds & Holbeck BS v Mark Elliss [2001]; L v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2001]; Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon [2000] HL; Anderton v Clwyd [2000] HL; W v Essex CC [2000] HL.

Career

Called 1993; Inner Temple. Publications: Atkins Court Forms 29(2) ‘Professional Negligence’ (Butterworths 1999); co-author ‘Advanced Civil Litigation in Practice’ (3rd ed Oxford University Press 2005).

Languages

French.

Member

PIBA; PNBA; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; Public Access Scheme.

Education

Cookstown High School; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1992 BA; 1996 MA).

Practice Areas

Education; Personal injury - either side; Professional negligence

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