Mr Simon Ross > Exchange Chambers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile

Mr Simon Ross

0113 203 1970 [email protected] View profile

Work Department

Personal Injury

Position

Simon is an experienced personal injury practitioner. He is dual-qualified and practised as a solicitor for a number of years prior to transferring across to the Bar in 2004.

Simon was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2010 and has recently been appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown by the Attorney General (Regional Panel A). He is recognised as a leading individual in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 for his personal injury practice.

His work encompasses all aspects of the case whether drafting, advisory work and/or representation at trial or JSM.

He is regularly instructed as sole counsel in cases pleaded up to £1million.

Simon has an extremely busy practice that encompasses all areas of personal injury work including road traffic accidents, employers’ liability claims, occupational illness, fatal accidents and clinical negligence. He also in experienced in professional negligence cases where the underlying claim was a personal injury matter; these types of cases were within his areas of specialism when he practised as a solicitor.

Simon is skilled in dealing with complex procedural issues and he is often instructed to advise and/or represent parties on appeals where there are tricky questions of procedure or costs.

Career

Called 1999

Memberships

• North Eastern Circuit
• Personal Injury Bar Assocation
• Professional Negligence Bar Association

Education

LLB (Hons)
Post Grad Dip Law (ICSL)
Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test 2000
Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales – 2000

Leisure

Simon is married with two young children. Away from work, and when not engaged in family pursuits, he tries to keep fit and particularly enjoys running. He continues to strive to improve upon his best time for completing a 10km race; his current PB is 47.11 minutes.