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2 Temple Gardens
TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9AY
England
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Work Department

Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, International Injury Claims

Position

Barrister at 2 Temple Gardens.

Nationwide practice in catastrophic clinical negligence and personal injury work, representing both claimants and defendants.   Nominated for Legal 500 Clinical Negligence Junior of the Year 2023.

Please see the 2TG website for further details of professional recommendations.

Career

Called to Inner Temple 1985, Inner Temple. Publications: editor of ‘Facts and Figures’ since it was first published in 1996; secretary of the Ogden Working Party and on the editorial panel four recent editions; written numerous articles for professional magazines.

Memberships

Committee member of the Professional Negligence Bar Association since 2020.

Lectures on various topics of professional interest for the PNBA.

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL); Association for the Victims of Medical Accidents (AVMA); Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Clinical negligence

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Harry Trusted – 2 Temple Gardens ‘Technically formidable on all aspects of quantum, with unrivalled litigation experience and backed by good judgement and a calm confidence as an advocate and negotiator.’

2 Temple Gardens ‘have an impressive collection of juniors and silks‘, offering both ‘both experience and some very talented up and coming barristers‘. The set has particular experience in cross-border, multi-jurisdictional work: this year, Roger Harris, Charles Dougherty KC, Benjamin Phelps, Niazi Fetto KC and Andrew Bershadski  were all involved in the case of Roberts v Various Defendants in the Supreme Court, in which the claimant, a child of a British soldier serving in Germany whose mother received care by British midwives working with German doctors, was born in a German hospital in 2000 with cerebral palsy as a result of allegedly negligent treatment; the case brings up issues relating to jurisdiction and vicarious liability. Niazi Fetto KC took silk in March 2023, and Harry Trusted joined the set from Outer Temple Chambers in January 2023.

London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud

(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Harry Trusted2 Temple Gardens ‘Harry is a very clear-sighted barrister. He has sound judgement and a pragmatic approach to problems cutting through complex facts or difficult law.’ 

2 Temple Gardens is known for its strength in complex personal injury‘, with notable strength in cross-border work. William Clerk and Charles Dougherty KC act on behalf of World Rugby in Popham v World Rugby Ltd, a claim brought by a group of former professionals including former Wales international Alix Popham and England 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson, who have been diagnosed with early onset dementia after their playing careers.  Martin Porter KC has strength in cycling claims. Meghann McTague has an established practice in foreign claims and group litigation, exemplified by her work in AA v FS Commercial, claims arising out of the UK’s largest prosecution for modern slavery. Niazi Fetto KC was made silk in the 2023 round, and Harry Trusted joined the set from Outer Temple Chambers in January 2023.