Rebecca Titus-Cobb > Chambers of Frances Heaton KC and Richard Norton > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile
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Rebecca Titus-Cobb
Work Department
Personal Injury
Clinical Negligence
Public/Administrative
Inquests
Regulatory
Position
Rebecca has a multi-disciplinary practice across a number of Chambers’ areas of expertise including personal injury and clinical negligence, inquests, public/administrative law and Court of Protection.
Rebecca accepts instructions in all areas of personal injury work and has a particular expertise in actions against the police, other public authorities and abuse claims. She undertakes work for Claimants and Defendants at all levels of value and complexity. She also has experience of appearing before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal.
Rebecca has a busy clinical negligence practice and acts increasingly for both Claimants and Defendants in equal measure. She has been instructed in cases involving delay in diagnosis and treatment, surgery, emergency care, birth injury and stillbirth.
Rebecca has a busy inquest practice and regularly appears at inquest hearings, both final and pre inquest reviews. She appears for bereaved families and other interested persons and has acted for NHS Trusts, care agencies and other bodies. She is happy to deal with ad hoc instructions where interim applications/submissions to the coroner are required, even if on an urgent basis. She acts in both Article 2 and non-Article 2 inquests.
Rebecca is regularly instructed to act for local authorities, P (through the Official Solicitor or other litigation friends) and family members in health and welfare matters in the Court of Protection. She acts in applications brought pursuant to sections 15,16 and 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. She also has experience of cases which involve the interplay of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983.
Memberships
- PIBA
- ARDL
- Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Rebecca Titus-Cobb – St John’s Buildings ‘Rebecca is a very thorough expert who is always very prepared ahead of conferences. During conferences, she is very good with experts and clients and is effective at managing experts and ensuring evidence and conclusions are clear.’
St John’s Buildings is praised as ‘an excellent chambers providing a good selection of solid barristers in the clinical negligence field’. One such member is Philip Grundy, who has significant expertise in handling cases around consent and cauda equina, in addition to delayed diagnosis of illnesses. The set is also home to Henry Vanderpump, who works almost exclusively for claimants, and his cases often involve complex surgical procedures and delayed cancer diagnoses. Like Vanderpump, Richard Norton also focuses on claimant work, especially cases regarding surgical negligence and negligent post-operative care. Alastair Wright has a well-established clinical negligence practice, and Rebecca Titus-Cobb is another notable name, acting for claimants and defendants, including NHS trusts.