Chambers of Benjamin Browne QC
TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 9AY, ENGLAND
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Position
Barrister specialising in employment, personal injury, professional negligence (including clinical negligence) and insurance-related disputes. Employment: particular experience in cases of unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and discrimination. Represented successful appellant in Lockwood v Crawley Warren Group plc, EAT 16.8.00 (indirect sex discrimination – whether ‘requirement or condition’ imposed when employer refused new mother’s request for unpaid leave). Recent appearances include acting for London Borough of Southwark in Henry v LB Southwark & Anr, EAT 26.2.08 (scope of ‘interests of justice’ review category in Tribunal Rule 34(3)(e)). Personal injury: extensive experience in all areas of personal injury and fatal accident litigation, with emphasis upon employer’s liability for accidents and stress at work and industrial injury/illness. Recent cases include Brazier v Wolverhampton CC [2007] EWCA Civ 1479 (multiple accidents – correct application of Baker v Willoughby in acceleration injury cases – represented successful defendant). Professional negligence: broad practise, with slight emphasis on clinical negligence. Notable cases include Ehsan v Manchester HA, 2001 (cerebral palsy – midwives’ negligence); GMC v Onen & Onyango, 2001; GMC v Brewer et al, 2003-6 (serious professional misconduct – irresponsible and inappropriate prescribing); and GMC v Van Velzen, 2005 (‘Alder Hey babies’ case).
Career
Called 1999; Inner Temple; Treasury Solicitor (C Panel). Contributing editor ‘The Law of Human Rights’ (Clayton & Tomlinson, Oxford), ‘The Law of Motor Insurance’ (Merkin & Stuart-Smith, Sweet & Maxwell); co-author of the employer’s liability section of the UMIST Commercial Management MSc course; regular contributor to specialist journals, including ‘PI Brief Update Law Journal’, ‘Personal Injury Law Journal’ and ‘New Law Journal’.
Languages
French.
Member
Employment Law Association; Employment Law Bar Association; Personal Injury Bar Association; London Common Law Bar Association.
Education
Woodbridge School, Suffolk; Jesus College, Cambridge (1998 MA Law); Inns of Court School of Law (1999). First Class Hons in Law of Tort, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law (best performance in university), European Law, European Human Rights Law, Law and Philosophy.
Leisure
Sailing, choral singing.
Practice Areas
Employment; Personal injury - defendant; Professional negligence
