Harry Steinberg KC > Chambers of James Counsell KC and Keith Bryant KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of James Counsell KC and Keith Bryant KC
Outer Temple Chambers
THE OUTER TEMPLE, 222 STRAND
LONDON
WC2R 1BA
England

Living Wage

Harry Steinberg photo

Work Department

Personal Injury & Industrial Disease, Aviation & Travel, Sports Law, Group Litigation, Product Liability

Position

Harry Steinberg specialises in large-scale group claims – typically involving private international tort law and product liability – serious personal injury and industrial disease. Harry was awarded the Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2017.

He is renowned for innovative thinking, winning difficult cases and challenging legal orthodoxy.

Harry is “… rapidly establishing himself…” (Legal 500, 2017) in the area of Civil Liberties and Human Rights (including actions against the police).

Legal 500 (2016) said “… he has an extraordinary legal mind with an ability to understand complex legal issues very quickly.” Chambers & Partners (2015) described him as “…the go-to man for asbestos claims; no-one else compares”.

Career

Called 1997; former judicial assistant to Court of Appeal; contributor to Butterworths ‘Professional Negligence Service’. Silk 2016.

Memberships

TECBAR; Bar European Group; PIBA.

Education

Framwellgate Moor Comprehensive School; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1996 BA Hons Law).