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Chambers of Rachel Langdale KC
7BR
7 Bedford Row
LONDON
WC1R 4BS
England

Position

Barrister specialising in product liability, clinical negligence, personal injury and public childcare law. Recent and ongoing product liability cases include group actions involving blood infected with the HIV virus, infected porcine heart valves, Parkinson’s’ disease medication and the Pertussis vaccine. Recent and ongoing clinical negligence actions include cases arising out of the debacle ?in paediatric cardiac services in Bristol in the 1980s and 1990s (see ?Telles v South West Strategic Health Authority [2008] EWHC 292 ?(OB)) and cases involving birth injuries of maximum severity (Canning-Kishver v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2008] 2384 (QB).

Career

Called 1992, Middle Temple (Benefactor’s Scholar).

Memberships

AVMA, PIBA.

Education

Wymondham College, Norfolk; King’s College London (BA, MA Medical Law & Ethics, AKC Associate of King’s College (Distinction)); University of Westminster (Dip Law).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Group litigation

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Adam Korn7BR ‘A highly experienced senior junior who understands the particular demands of group litigation.’

7BR’s broad range of expertise includes group litigation arising from personal injury, clinical negligence, consumer law and human rights issues. Hugh Preston KC’s current workload includes a large opt-out representative action on behalf of EasyJet and British Airways passengers entitled to compensation for cancelled or delayed flights, as well as acting for around 40,000 claimants in emissions litigation involving Volkswagen. Leading Adam Korn , Simeon Maskrey KC is instructed in a group action against the Ministry of Defence, concerning the use of the anti-malarial drug Lariam allegedly causing significant adverse psychological effects. James MacDonald is instructed by the claimants in Municipio de Mariana & others v BHP Group plc, a class action arising from the collapse of the Fundão mining dam in Brazil in 2015.

London Bar > Product liability

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Adam Korn7BR

7BR is well-versed in product liability group actions, and members of the set are regularly instructed on a range of consumer goods cases. Simeon Maskrey KC is an experienced practitioner who has appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and European Court of Justice. Hugh Preston KC was involved in a claim relating to the Pinnacle metal hip implant group litigation, while Adam Korn  is currently defending a claim brought by DHSC for PPE supplied during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, Jonathan Bertram  is involved in ongoing vaginal mesh litigation.