Deka Chambers

Civil and Personal Injury

Called 2007;

Kane specialises in personal injury law, predominantly representing claimants in complex, high-value cases.

He has experience across all quantum aspects of catastrophic injury, especially claims arising from polytrauma, brain injuries, spinal injuries and complex orthopaedic injuries. Recent settlements include resolution of a complex polytrauma claim at £1.45 million and a claim arising from a motorcycle accident against the MIB for £1.9 million.

Kane has a particular interest in road traffic accident claims involving vulnerable road users, including cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians. He authored a textbook on e-bike and e-scooter accidents and has acted in many claims involving micromobility devices, including vehicles diverse as e-scooters, e-bikes and electric unicycles.

Recently, Kane was elected as the Assistant Secretary of the Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA). He sits as a Deputy District Judge and as a barrister member of the Bar Tribunal & Adjudication Service.

Kane is based in Manchester but has a national practice. On the Northern Circuit, he is an advocacy trainer and is responsible for the training of all pupil supervisors.

University of Leeds; BPP Law School, London. Qualifications: BA (hons) First Class, LLM.