Satinder Hunjan KC > Kings Chambers > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile

Kings Chambers
EMBASSY HOUSE , 60 CHURCH STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2DJ
England
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Position

Satinder Hunjan KC undertakes a range of general commercial work, insurance, private and manufacturing liability (including industrial plant and materials, consumer products and pharmaceuticals), construction and professional negligence (legal, sports, media, accountants and finance, architects and related professionals).

The work that he undertakes is of very high value (multi million). It often involves issues which are novel and challenging. The matters are inevitably of particular complexity and often involve highly technical and specialist expert issues and disputes. He has a strong interest in work within an international framework including jurisdictional issues.

Satinder has significant experience in the personal injury field of acting on behalf of claimants and defendants in major injury claims including injuries of the utmost severity, and he has a special interest in brain and spinal injuries. Satinder also undertakes litigation on behalf of claimants and defendants in all areas of clinical negligence. This includes substantial claims involving cerebral palsy and other birth injuries; severe brain and spinal injuries; injuries of the utmost severity; claims arising from the use of medical products and equipment; human rights; medical ethics and disciplinary and similar proceedings.

Satinder Hunjan KC acts on behalf of medical and other professionals and interested parties in disciplinary and other similar proceedings and inquiries. He also acts in criminal proceedings which involve fatal, multi party and other very serious accidents and incidents and which are likely to have a significant impact on the workings and activities of the commercial and other organisations involved. He has acted in defence of many national and major companies and organisations in prosecutions brought by the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities. He has been instructed by many of the major insurers and loss adjusters in such proceedings, seeking to preserve their interests in respect of any subsequent civil or commercial claims. His work includes advisory work undertaken in contemplation of criminal, disciplinary and other processes.

Career

Year of Call: 1984

Year of Silk: 2002

Recorder (2003)

Appointed to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge (2008)

CEDR Accredited

Sports Barrister of the Year 2016; Finance Monthly Magazine

Clinical Negligence Barrister of the Year 2015; Lawyer Monthly Magazine

Memberships

PNBA and PIBA.

Lawyer Rankings

Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Clinical negligence

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Satinder Hunjan KC  – Kings Chambers ‘Satinder is an excellent barrister who gets stronger the closer you get to trial. He is tactically very astute and brilliant in negotiation meetings.’

Kings Chambers is ‘a well-run set’, experienced in working with both claimants and defendants in clinical negligence claims. Satinder Hunjan KC is well-known for ‘his vast experience in clinical negligence claims’ and regularly deals with matters related to major brain injuries. Anna Diamond is praised for her ‘confident advocacy and formidable negotiation skills’. Nicholas Truelove specialises in acting for claimants and is currently representing the family of the deceased in a case concerning the death of a man in his twenties a fortnight after he received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination.

Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Personal injury

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Satinder Hunjan KCKings Chambers ‘Satinder is a powerhouse. He can drill down into a case to identify all key issues with the best tactical and strategic mind. He will look at issues from all sides and always find the best, often novel, way to present a case to achieve the best client-centred outcome.’