Gatehouse Chambers

Jake Rowley is a specialist personal injury, costs litigation, commercial, and insurance law barrister. He also has a particular interest in, and aptitude for, technical and novel procedural points.

He is ranked as a leading junior for personal injury law in the latest edition of the Legal 500 where he is described as providing “eloquent and concise advice in a very personable manner”.

Jake is an experienced court room and trial advocate and is known for his forensic ability, robust cross-examination, and persuasive style. Jake understands the broader context of his clients’ disputes and complements his oral advocacy skills with a commercially sensitive approach to litigation with the aim of achieving the most favourable outcome possible in the circumstances.

Jake is instructed as sole counsel in high value and complex personal injury and fatal accident litigation on behalf of both claimants and defendants.  He is known for his expertise in dealing with cases involving allegations of fraud or fundamental dishonesty and is the author of Fundamental Dishonesty and QOCS in Personal Injury Proceedings: Law and Practice (Second Edition) (2025).

Jake has a successful and expanding costs and litigation funding practice.  The technical nature of costs litigation is well suited to Jake’s forensic attention to detail and ability to persuasively argue complex legal principles succinctly.  Jake is instructed in solicitor-client assessment proceedings and has appeared in both the County Court and the SCCO.

Jake has a varied commercial litigation and insurance practice, having been instructed in a broad array of cases including breach of director’s duties; and insurance coverage and recovery claims.  Jake’s clients have included private individuals; local authorities; major UK insurers; and large national commercial entities.

Before joining Gatehouse Chambers, Jake was engaged as a Consultant Barrister at CANDEY, one of the UK’s top ranked and leading disputes only firms, specialising in high value international commercial litigation, arbitration and complex regulatory disputes.  During his time at CANDEY, Jake dealt with a diverse number of matters including: acting for a private individual defending a multi-million pound international fraud claim (which was reported in the legal press); a claim for declaratory relief arising from a property investment scheme; advising an internationally acclaimed artist on possible remedies to recover a number of valuable art works; and Solicitors Act 1974 assessment proceedings in the SCCO.

Jake regularly delivers seminars and in house training across his areas of specialism.

Call: 2011

Personal Injury Bar Association London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association

BPTC, College of Law, London (Outstanding) [including top mark for Opinion Writing on the BPTC at The College of Law (95%)] LLB (Hons), King’s College, London (Upper Second Class)