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Byrom Street Chambers Offices
Byrom Street Chambers
12 BYROM STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 4PP
England
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Darryl Allen KC
Position
King’s Counsel specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation.
Personal Injury – Acts on behalf of claimants and defendants in catastrophic injury and high value fatal accident claims. Substantial experience of analysing difficult issues relating to local authority care and accommodation, large care claims and high value complex loss of earnings claims.
Clinical Negligence – Represents patients and their families in clinical negligence claims. Caseload covers a wide spectrum of medical incidents, including delayed diagnosis of cancer, delayed diagnosis of infant brain tumour, surgical errors, birth trauma, failures in spinal anaesthetic technique leading to spinal cord injury, management of congenital heart conditions including infants, community and hospital management of diabetes and diabetic complications, failures in psychiatric care (community and inpatient) leading to suicide/attempted suicide.
Consistently recommended as a leading barrister in personal injury and clinical negligence work (Chambers and Partners/Legal 500).
Career
Called (1995). King’s Counsel (2014). Deputy High Court Judge (2017). Recorder (2010). Tribunal Judge (2007) Legal Adviser to the First Tier Tribunal (2014) (Criminal Injuries Compensation).
Languages
French, German.
Memberships
PIBA (Chairman 2018)
Education
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys; Leeds University (1994 LLB Hons).
Leisure
Family, triathlon, skiing, sailing, holidays.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Darryl Allen KC – Byrom Street Chambers ‘Darryl is always fully prepared and all over the detail, and as a result of which he is totally at ease with the evidence on paper and orally. His cross-examination is laser sharp, his ability to marshal and assimilate large amounts of evidence as the case evolves is second-to-none, his presentation of the evidence is compelling and engaging, and he has a team approach and is totally committed to each case.’
Majority-silk set Byrom Street Chambers has members with ‘unparalleled expertise in clinical negligence work’, who often appear in highly complex catastrophic injury claims for both claimants and defendants. Head of chambers Winston Hunter KC predominantly handles cases concerning clinicians’ breach of duty and birth injury claims, the latter also being an area of expertise for James Rowley KC. David Heaton KC acts for both claimants and defendants in significant brain and spinal injury cases, and Rhiannon Jones KC has experience handling fatal accident claims arising from negligent medical treatment. Darryl Allen KC is highly skilled in advising on cases of failed diagnoses. Mary Ruck KC was appointed to silk in the 2023 round – she has expertise in cases involving vulnerable people with psychiatric injuries.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Darryl Allen KC – Byrom Street Chambers ‘Darryl is an exceptional advocate and he is the barrister that you want arguing your case in court. He is always well-prepared with sound strategic advice and he has a great manner with experts in conference, ensuring that all relevant issues in complex cases are addressed with ease.’