David Tyack KC > Chambers of Adrian Keeling KC and Jonathan Jones KC > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Adrian Keeling KC and Jonathan Jones KC
No5 Barristers' Chambers
103 Colmore Row
BIRMINGHAM
3 3AG
England

Work Department

Clinical negligence

Position

Specialist in personal injury and clinical negligence for ten years. Practises in all areas of clinical negligence and personal injury with particular experience of complicated and/or significant value claims. Undertakes work on CFA basis. Member of PIBA and AVMA. Regularly gives talks and lectures and is an invited AVMA speaker.

Career

Called 1994; Middle Temple.

Memberships

Personal Injury Bar Association; AVMA.

Education

MA Oxon.

Lawyer Rankings

Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Clinical negligence

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

David Tyack KCNo5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘David is very intelligent and able to grasp complex points and explain them very well, very good at understanding and applying legal arguments to get the best out of a case.’

No5 Barristers’ Chambers is ‘a large and well-organised set with the right counsel available for all types of cases’. Practice head Chris Bright KC is described as ‘a very intelligent advocate who is able to grasp the complex points of a case’. Jonathan Jones KC, in addition to work concerning neurological injuries, successfully secured a £6.5m settlement for a sportsman who suffered paraplegia due to the delayed diagnosis of a spinal abscess. David Tyack KC is involved in one of several cases conjoined in Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, an appeal to the Supreme Court concerning if one can make a claim for psychiatric injury after witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative caused by earlier clinical negligence, while Henry Pitchers KC is ‘good with clients with learning disabilities’ and successfully represented a diabetic patient who settled a delayed treatment case for £2.5m.

Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Personal injury

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

David Tyack KC –No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘David is extremely conscientious and thorough in his examination of the evidence and is good at managing and addressing inconsistencies in the medical input on complex issues. He has an excellent manner with clients and engages their trust and confidence.’

Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Clinical negligence

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

David Tyack KC – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘David is incredibly technical and his ability to manage and run complex expert conferences is second to none. His pleadings are also very detailed.’ 

London Bar > Clinical negligence

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

David Tyack KC – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘David’s strength are his attention to detail, his technical knowledge, his knowledge of quantum and ability to understand the medical evidence so quickly.’

London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

David Tyack KC – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘David is an excellent advocate for clients, meticulous with his advice and on point.’