Richard Borrett > Kings Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile
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Richard Borrett
Position
Richard acts for both Claimants and Defendants in Clinical Negligence, Inquests, Abuse, Human Rights, and Court of Protection litigation.
Career
Richard acts for both Claimants and Defendants in Clinical Negligence, Inquests, Abuse, Human Rights, and Court of Protection litigation.
Most of Richard’s work across those practice areas is in the Healthcare and Social Care sectors.
Richard has extensive experience of:
– Inquests, particularly concerning medical/surgical treatment, psychiatric treatment, social care, deprivation of liberty, and multi-agency deaths.
– The full range of clinical negligence cases, especially delayed diagnosis of cancer, and cases raising issue of consent and capacity.
– Litigation around psychiatric treatment (inquests and negligence claims), in particular regarding risk assessment, ground leave, s.17 leave, etc.
– Court of protection (Health and Welfare) cases, including medical treatment, Deprivation of Liberty and a range of s.16 applications.
– Inherent Jurisdiction applications in relation to vulnerable children and adults.
– Deprivation of liberty of children and young adults, often advising hospital trusts in relation to IJ/family proceedings.
– Secondary victim claims.
– Claims against local authorities in relation to social care, failure to remove, breach of ECHR, etc.
– Sexual Abuse
Memberships
Personal Injury Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Education
2007, University of Liverpool (Chester): BSc Hons, First Class
2008, College of Law: Graduate Diploma in Law, Commendation
2009, College of Law: Bar Vocational Course, Very Competent
2009, College of Law: LLB Hons (2:1)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Richard Borrett – Kings Chambers ‘Richard is excellent with clients in an inquest situation. Managing very emotive situations is one of Richard’s great strengths, and his detailed and pragmatic advice on complex human rights matters is also impressive.’
Kings Chambers‘ inquests team is often instructed by a range of clients, including bereaved families, local authorities, NHS trusts, insurance companies, police forces, and governmental departments. Michael Rawlinson KC is a key name in this area; he is acting for the wife of the deceased and the Police Federation in an inquest into the death of a motorway patrol officer caused by an engine fire in the BMW he was driving at high speed on the M6. Richard Borrett is particularly active in inquests into the deaths of service personnel and suicides, as well as safeguarding and community care inquests. He represented the wife of the deceased in an inquest into the death of a man, who was being transported to hospital for an urgent cardiac procedure in an ambulance which struck a wall to avoid hitting a turning HGV.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Richard Borrett – Kings Chambers ‘Richard is very approachable and down-to-earth, and he puts clients at ease and overcomes any issues in doing so when undertaking remote conferences. He is always well-prepared and he adopts very much a team approach to a case.’
‘A leading clinical negligence set in the Northern Circuit’, Kings Chambers has ‘a fantastic reputation with a well-established practice’. Its members handle claimant and defendant work for instructing solicitors nationally. Sarah Pritchard KC has substantial experience representing clients in birth damage claims, cauda equina cases, and surgical negligence. Nicholas Braslavsky KC handles high-value claims that often concern perinatal asphyxia and cerebral palsy, in addition to misdiagnoses and delayed diagnoses, and negligent surgery. The set is also home to Helen Mulholland KC, who took silk in the 2023 round and she undertakes cases involving birth injury and complex paediatric neurological cases, and Richard Borrett, who represents both claimants and defendants in a variety of matters, including surgical, dental, general practice, and maternity-related cases. Charlotte Law has an established clinical negligence practice, handling complex matters of medicine and law, and Claire Steward is skilled in complicated issues of liability and high-value claims.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Kings Chambers ‘has a good Court of Protection team, covering property and affairs and health and welfare work.’ Sam Karim KC leads the team, and has been kept particularly busy handling cases involving medical treatment issues. Newly appointed silk Helen Mulholland KC is ‘a highly skilled, confident, and assured advocate in Court of Protection matters‘. At the junior end of chambers, Fay Collinson garners praise for ‘her expertise in Court of Protection property and affairs work‘, and Sophie Allan regularly represents protected parties, including vulnerable adults, in a range of work. Deprivation of liberty cases are a key area of instruction for Richard Borrett.