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William Latimer-Sayer KC
Work Department
Clinical negligence (either side); PI (either side).
Position
William specialises in catastrophic personal injury and clinical negligence. He has a special interest in quantum and the majority of his work is related to contested assessment of damages hearings. William is the Chairman of the Ogden Working party, the General Editor of Schedules of Loss: Calculating Damages (Bloomsbury Publishing, 3rd edition 2010), the leading practitioner textbook on schedules of loss and the General Editor of Facts & Figures published by Swett & Maxwell. Although he accepts work on behalf of claimants and defendants, his practice is predominantly claimant based. William has been instructed in some of the most significant and high-profile quantum cases to come before the courts including the five highest awards ever made following a contested trial (William being the only common link between the cases): Robshaw v United Lincolnshire NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 923 (£14.5m); A v Powys Health Board 2007 (£10.7m); Totham v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 97 (QB) (£10.1m); Farrugia v Burtenshaw & others [2014] EWHC 1036 (QB) (£9.7m); and XXX v Strategic Health Authority [2008] EWHC 2727 (QB) (£9.4m). Other notable cases include: Majrowski v Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Trust [2006] UKHL 34; Sarwar v (1) Ali (2) MIB [2007] LS Law Medical 375; Iqbal v Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 1190; [2008] PIQR P9; [2008] LS Law Medical 22; Noble v Owens [2010] 1 WLR 2491; and JXMX v Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust [2015] Med LR 103.
Career
Called 1995; pupillage at 14 Gray’s Inn Square and Goldsmith Chambers. Publications include: contributor ‘Clinical Negligence a Practical Guide’ (Lewis and Buchan 2012); general editor and co-author ‘Schedules of Loss: Calculating damages’ (3rd edition, Bloomsbury Publishing); co-editor ‘The ABC of Medical Law’; contributor PIBA Handbook (3rd edition); and author of numerous articles for legal journals.
Memberships
APIL; AVMA; PNBA; PIBA; Medico-Legal Society; Bar Pro-Bono Unit.
Education
Leicester University (LLB Hons); King’s College, London (MA Medical Law and Ethics).
Leisure
Tennis, film.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1William Latimer-Sayer KC –Cloisters ‘Quantum advice of the very highest standard; and always ready with creative and thoughtful ideas.’
Cloisters are ‘an excellent chambers for clinical negligence work‘, with ‘an excellent reputation with significant strength in depth‘. Simon Taylor KC ‘s priorv experience as a doctor supports his expertise in difficult medical issues; Joel Donovan KC has particular experience with severe brain injury and cauda equina cases. William Latimer-Sayer KC is recommended for ‘quantum advice of the highest standard’, acting on complex, high-value matters. Notably, he recently led junior Sarah Fraser Butlin KC in HMA v Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, a case concerning a 13 year old boy who sustained a severe brain injury following surgery, leading to cerebral palsy and learning difficulties – a case involving disputed liability and complex quantum concerns. Junior Chesca Lord specialises in quantum-only cases, including those involving traumatic brain injuries.
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1William Latimer-Sayer KC –Cloisters ‘William can be counted on to add substantial value to every claim through his superlative knowledge and meticulous attention to detail.’
Cloisters are ‘a top set‘ for ‘high-value’ personal injury work, with notable strength in catastrophic injury claims arising from road traffic accidents. William Latimer-Sayer KC continues to be an expert in this area, leading Chesca Lord – a quantum specialist – on a number of complex claims including a case in which the claimant, at 13 years old, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury following a road collision, securing interim payments as the claim continues. Andrew Buchan has particular expertise regarding occupational stress claims; Tamar Burton specialises in the assessment of damages.