James Rowley KC > Chambers of Winston Hunter KC > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Winston Hunter KC
Byrom Street Chambers
12 BYROM STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 4PP
England

Position

James Rowley KC represents both sides in high value and complex Personal Injuries and Clinical Negligence litigation. An expert in the case law associated with the quantification of damages, he is an Evaluative/Expert Mediator in those practice areas.

Publications

Serious Personal Injury Litigation – Quantum Updated to 2023. A PIBA Guide to Pension Loss Calculation (2020). Chapters on claims for Care and Loss of Pension in Facts & Figures.

Reported cases

Personal injuries: Moreira v Moran and others [2021] EWHC 1800 (CA); Faisal v Younis and Active Brands [2018] EWHC 1111 (QB); Dunhill v Burgin [2014] UKSC 18; Scott and Evans v Griffiths QBD Lawtel 29/01/14; Dixie v. British Polythene Industries PLC [2010] EWCA Civ 1170; Threlfall v. Hull City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1147; Stanley v Bryn Close t/a Armthorpe Moto Parc [2009] EWHC 2849 (QB); Jebson v MOD [2000] 1 W.L.R. 2055. Clinical Negligence: Beech v Timney [2013] EWHC 2345 (QB); Spencer v NHS North West [2012] EWHC 2142 (QB); Parkes v Mann [2011] EWHC 1724 (QB). Inquiries: Report of the Royal Liverpool Children’s Inquiry – HMSO (2001).

Career

MA (Classics) Cantab.; Dip. Law; Stonyhurst and Emmanuel. Called 1987. Counsel to the Royal Liverpool Children’s Inquiry; Recorder (2002-15). Silk 2006. Editor of Facts & Figures (2021-). Mediator (2023-).

Memberships

PIBA (Chairman 2010-12); PNBA

Education

Stonyhurst and Emmanuel College Cambridge (BA (1985); MA (1990) Classics); Diploma in Law (1986).

Personal

Married with three grown up children. High Legh CC, armchair sportsman, gardener and cook.