Set Profile > Chambers of Collingwood Thompson QC > London, England
Chambers of Collingwood Thompson QC Offices
7BR
LONDON
WC1R 4BS
England
Chambers of Collingwood Thompson QC > The Legal 500 Rankings
Clinical negligence Tier 2
7BR has an 'excellent and deserved reputation in clinical negligence work'. Barristers demonstrate particular expertise in cerebral palsy and spinal injuries arising from negligent medical care. In a recent highlight, Simeon Maskrey QC and Jeremy Pendlebury successfully represented the claimant in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, in which the Supreme Court found non-medical staff (in this case, a receptionist) owe a duty of care to patients. Maskrey QC also represented the doctor in MNX v Khan, in which the Court of Appeal overturned a decision that a mother could obtain wrongful birth damages for an additional disability over and above the one that was negligently tested for.
Leading Juniors
Leading Silks
Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 3
7BR is a 'well-managed, comprehensive and well-stocked supplier of counsel' for personal injury litigation. The set has 'a strong range of juniors and silks' who take on cases ranging in value and field of expertise, encompassing maximum severity brain and spinal claims as well as abuse work. Having appeared before the European Court of Justice and the Supreme Court, Simeon Maskrey QC's practice encompasses maximum severity brain and spinal injury claims. Simon King is regularly instructed on cases involving multiple expert disciplines; while military personal injury law is a particular specialism for Timothy Meakin.
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Personal injury - Leading Silks
Product liability Tier 3
'Quality set' 7BR is highly regarded in claimant-side product liability and has 'particular depth at the silk level'. Its barristers have acted in some of the most significant product liability group actions, including the metal on metal hip, PIP breast implant, and vaginal mesh litigations. Other recent cases included Lewin v Glaxosmithkline, a catastrophic spinal injury claim, with Simeon Maskrey QC leading Adam Korn.
Leading Juniors
Leading Silks
Set overviews: England and Wales
7BR is a ‘forward-thinking, progressive’ set which is ‘commercially aware and client focused’. Chambers has ‘very good bench-strength at all levels’ with ‘a healthy number of counsel who come with prior expertise outside of the law’. The set also benefits from maintaining a broad range of practice areas, which ‘helps when faced with challenging problems which require cross-practice expertise’ and ‘enables the barristers to maintain a broader perspective’. The set has expanded over the last 12 months, welcoming catastrophic injuries specialist Kiril Waite from 1 CHANCERY LANE; clinical negligence and family junior Sarah Edwards from Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB); crime junior Stephen Ferson from Furnival Chambers; and clinical negligence, inquests, and personal injury junior Ross Beaton, previously of the European Commission and the Government Legal Department; Lee Parkhill moved to Cornerstone Barristers. The clerks’ room provides ‘a first-rate service’ with ‘clerks who know their barristers and who is best placed for any particular case’. The ‘great’ team is led by co-senior clerks Paul Eeles (‘one of the best, personable clerks’) and Steven Wright (‘exceptionally helpful and easy to deal with’). Elsewhere in the ‘friendly and efficient’ clerks’ room, ‘adept’ first junior Mark Waterson has ‘great knowledge of his counsel and whether they are a good fit with solicitors and clients’. Offices in: London
Chambers of Collingwood Thompson QC > Firm Profile
7BR is one of the most respected barrister sets in the legal market today, prized by solicitor and lay clients alike for the fresh, straightforward approach members bring to their work, as well as for chambers’ long history of legal and advocacy excellence.
86 members and 12 QCs are organised into specialist sector groups working in courts right across the country, each with an emphasis on close team working with clients and a keenness to understand the personal or commercial drivers behind any mandate.
Our standout legal expertise is evidenced by the number of our members who go on to distinguished service in the judiciary; as High Court judges, Recorders, Arbitrators, Regulators – even a Lord Chief Justice.
As an independent leading set we operate across a broad spectrum of practice areas, from clinical negligence and personal injury, and child and family work, to white collar crime and a full range of commercial disciplines.
We believe that all clients benefit from the breadth of work that members are trained in before specialising, each discipline honing different sets of legal and advocacy skill which we bring to bear on all our work. Clients’ legal problems are often not easily pigeonholed and the mental agility that comes from being trained so broadly before specialising promotes out-of-the-box thinking and an innovative approach to finding legal solutions. Together with top-of-the-range advocacy skills, this is exactly what clients tell us they need from their barristers in the modern legal world.
Our members practice in courts and tribunals throughout England and Wales and Internationally. In the last year members have appeared in cases in Hong Kong, Dubai, The Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
We are also actively involved in Pro Bono work and efforts to promote equality and diversity at the Bar.
Our Senior Clerks are Paul Eeles and Steven Wright and our Chief Executive is Harry Charlton
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Chief Executive | Harry Charlton | ||
| Senior Clerk | Paul Eeles | ||
| Senior Clerk | Steven Wright | ||
| Members of Chambers | THOMPSON QC, Collingwood (1975) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MASKREY QC, Simeon (1977) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SWEETING QC, Derek (1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LANGDALE QC, Rachel (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FORD QC, Steven (1992) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CONNOLLY QC, Barbara (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PRESTON QC, Hugh (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PANAYI QC, Pavlos (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOUSE QC, James (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WEITZMAN QC, Adam (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WHEELER QC, Andrew (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MARSHALL QC, Vanessa (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GOODWIN, Deirdre (1974) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MATTHEWS, Julian (1979) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WHEATLEY, Simon (1979) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PENDLEBURY, Jeremy (1980) | ||
| Members of Chambers | REED, Susan (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALKER, Timothy (1984) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CLEMENS, Adam (1985) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KING, Simon (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MATTHEW, David (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ASPDEN, Gordon (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BELGRAVE, Susan (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KEEGAN, Leslie (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MEAKIN, Timothy (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROCHE, Brendan (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HUSTON, Graham (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KORN, Adam (1992) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BLACKBURN, Luke (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SYED, Maryam (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JUPP, Jeffrey (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHUTE, Andrea (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KAUR, Hari (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | NASHASHIBI, Anwar (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BANTON, Elaine (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JOHNSON, Susannah (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LANGDALE, Adrian (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DARBY, Rachel (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GUHA, Anita (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARTER-MANNING, Jennifer (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CROPP, Nicholas (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LUMBERS, Kate (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SLATER, Justin (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WEETMAN, Gareth (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BAKER, Richard (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GRAY, Steven (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | O'MAHONY, David (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALKER, Adam (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ALLWOOD, Gina (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JACK, Nick (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PATEL, Hanisha (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHAPMAN, William (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BERTRAM, Jonathan (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DUFFICY, Connor (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LYONS, Christina (2004) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARR, Craig (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PRATT, Ashley (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BISHOP, Daniel (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LEONARD, Patricia (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RYAN, Liam (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WESTON, James (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | YOUNG, Alex (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ISAACS, Ben (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LODY, Caroline (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | NELSON, Ayanna (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBOTTOM, James (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MACDONALD, James (2010) | ||
| Members of Chambers | COMPTON, Helen (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROWBOTHAM, Simon (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BURKE, Gregory (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TRIGILIO, Vittoria (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CANNING, Christopher (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JANDU, Jas (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LEA, Kirsty (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARVEY, Rose (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MITCHELL, Emily (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GEDDES, Kitty (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SHIELDS, Kat (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FROBISHER, Nia (2016) |
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