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Mr Christopher Barnes KC
Work Department
Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence
Position
Chris practises exclusively in the areas of personal injury, clinical negligence and related litigation. Chris has experience of all levels of multi track claims up to and in excess of £10 million, particularly involving catastrophic injuries including brain, spine and amputations; fatal accidents; military claims; and product liability. He has experience of the full range of catastrophic injury claims with recent settlements exceeding £3 million.
Chris has experience of a wide range of clinical negligence work including orthopaedic negligence; obstetric negligence; general hospital care; dental negligence; cosmetic surgery. He has a particular interest in claims involving military personnel.
Career
Called 1999; Junior Counsel to the Crown (2011)
Leisure
Away from work, Chris enjoys fell running and was a member of the British Ski Mountaineering Team at the 2013 World Championships and 2014 World Cup
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Personal injury
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Christopher Barnes KC – Exchange Chambers ‘Christopher is extremely knowledgeable in relation to military and catastrophic claims generally. He is very calm under pressure and is decisive, which is reassuring to mutual clients as well as the instructing solicitor.’
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Exchange Chambers ‘is the go-to set for personal injury counsel’ and its members handle cases involving injuries of the utmost severity, including fatal accidents, industrial disease, severe brain injuries, and catastrophic spinal cord injuries. It also provides representation in niche areas, such as military claims, which is an area of strength for Andrew Ward and Christopher Barnes KC; Barnes KC represented a Royal Marine who was paralysed during a training exercise. William Waldron KC is deputy Head of Chambers and has expertise in representing catastrophically injured claimants. Bill Braithwaite KC’s practice is highly specialised, and he represents claimants exclusively in claims involving catastrophic brain and spinal injuries. Gerard Martin KC, Louis Browne KC, and David Knifton KC are also skilled in this area, as well as claims for amputees; Knifton KC acted for a refuse collector who sustained severe crushing injuries to his right leg when run over by a bin wagon, resulting in above the knee amputation. Laura Gooding was appointed as a district judge in January 2023.