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Temple Garden Chambers Offices
1 Harcourt Buildings, Temple
LONDON
EC4Y 9DA
England
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James Bell
Position
Senior barrister practising predominantly in the fields of personal injury, clinical negligence, professional negligence and insurance litigation. Acts for both claimants and defendants. A busy common law practitioner who is well used to dealing with complex high-value claims such as catastrophic injuries. Main areas of work include: employers’ liability, public liability, product liability, road traffic accidents, sports injury and insurance/reinsurance disputes. In addition, he undertakes health and safety cases, RACMSA work and Privy Council appeals. Court and advisory work is undertaken nationwide.
Career
Called 1987; Middle Temple.
Memberships
PNBA; PIBA; American Bar Association; AJA; AVMA.
Education
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School; University College Cardiff (LLB).
Leisure
Motor sport (circuit racing in the UK and Europe), kayaking and photography.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1James Bell –Temple Garden Chambers ‘A hands-on, practical barrister who is well-liked by clients, solicitors and opponents alike.’
‘A fantastic set of chambers with industry renowned barristers‘, Temple Garden Chambers act for both claimants and defendants, with particular strength in chronic pain claims and those involving fundamental dishonesty. James Arney KC exemplified both in his work for the claimant in Preater v Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, successfully resisting allegations that the claimant had been fundamentally dishonest in her account of her injuries with emphasis on the need for experts to distinguish between good and bad days in chronic pain cases. James Bell has experience in cross-border cases; Marcus Grant specialises in head injury claims. Jonathan Watt-Pringle KC retired in January 2023.