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Chambers of William Audland KC
12 King's Bench Walk
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12 King's Bench Walk
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LONDON
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England
12 King's Bench Walk > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 1
The set at 12 King’s Bench Walk is described as ‘the best personal injury set at the Bar’, and has a reputation for its breadth of expertise across the set, which range from catastrophic and fatal personal injury work, to industrial disease and fraud. ‘Brilliant mind’ William Audland KC is instructed for the Rugby Football League on the high-profile concussion matters brought by multiple claimants in Dyson & Others v RFL. Patrick Kerr is worthy of mention, having recently succeeded for the claimant in a mesothelioma claim against the BBC. Michael Rawlinson KC notably led Kate Boakes and Cressida Mawdesley-Thomas successfully for the claimant in Mather v Ministry of Defence, wherein a £3m settlement was reached for a former RAF airman who developed multiple sclerosis following exposure to solvents in excess of the maximum standard regulatory limits.Personal injury - Rising Stars
Max Archer –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Max has a lovely manner with clients and breaks things down for easy understanding.’
Spencer Turner – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Spencer has already developed a practice that exceeds his seniority.’
Cressida Mawdesley-Thomas – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Cressida has already amassed an extremely impressive caseload, far beyond that of many barristers much more senior.’
Leading Silks
William Audland KC –12 King’s Bench Walk 'William is a leader in every sense of the word. As good on paper as he is in court, where he is a master at work.'
Stephen Worthington KC –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Stephen is the best personal injury silk at the Bar and is respected by the entire profession. He settles the hardest cases with ease.’
Michael Rawlinson KC –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Michael is the nuke button to press to totally demolish opponents.’
Steven Snowden KC – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Steven is one of the most balanced barristers at the personal injury Bar. He works for both claimants and defendants which gives him a unique insight that benefits everyone.’
Paul Russell KC –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Paul is a first-class barrister and excellent advocate, he is forensically analytical, he gets to the issues quickly and effortlessly achieving fantastic results. A pleasure to work with.'
Harry Steinberg KC –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘His command of the subject matter is second-to-none. Harry is prepared to look at more unusual claims and is skilled at identifying and assessing the issues.’
Marcus Dignum – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Marcus has taken seamlessly to silk and maintained his easy-going style. He is an astute tactician and very skilled at cutting through to the crux of the issues.’
2021 Silks
Patrick Vincent KC – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Patrick has a fantastic, calm temperament which is reassuring at all times. His strength is his knowledge his great ‘bedside manner’ when talking to clients.’
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Patrick Kerr – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Patrick is an outstanding counsel that provides silk-level service on every case he is instructed upon.’
Gemma Scott –12 King’s Bench Walk 'Gemma is an outstanding junior at the heart of the engine room at 12KBW, able to to master the most complex legal and factual issues in catastrophic injury claims with consummate ease.'
Niall Maclean –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Niall has extensive experience dealing with asbestos related claims and can safely be relied upon to give straightforward advice in this highly specialist field of work.'
Henry Charles –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Henry has a great analytical brain which quickly gets to the heart of the issue.'
Nigel Lewers –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Nigel is a very calm and considered advocate whom instils confidence in those working with him.'
Andrew Roy –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘First-rate and amongst those waiting to take silk. Total mastery of the detail is the mark of his preparation'
David Sanderson –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘David has incredible forensic ability and is able to do the work of the accident reconstruction expert; determining complex calculations on road traffic cases.’
Hugh Hamill –12 King’s Bench Walk 'Hugh is an excellent barrister and advocate both in and out of the court room, leading in the field of chronic pain cases.'
Daniel Tobin –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Daniel is a very user-friendly barrister who puts clients and witnesses immediately at their ease.'
Michael Brace – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Michael is able to advise on a range of cases to include more novel cases such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis claims.’
David White –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘David is a calm and measured barrister with a supreme understanding and feel for the law.'
Aliyah Akram –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Approachable and responsive, Aliyah gives confident and thorough advice.'
Ivan Bowley – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Ivan exudes calmness and is very firm but always fair.’
John-Paul Swoboda –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘John-Paul is a standout junior in the personal injury field, willing to take on challenging and difficult cases that many others would not be willing to.’
Charlotte Reynolds – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Charlotte is a fantastic barrister to work with, she gets to the issues quickly and firmly, she is incredibly thorough and knows her case inside out.’
James Sullivan –12 King’s Bench Walk 'James is an excellent lawyer, with fine judgment, whose tactics and running of cases, as well as his advocacy, are exemplary.'
Catherine Peck –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Strong attention-to-detail and a willingness to go the extra mile.
Nina Ross –12 King’s Bench Walk 'Her way with clients is second-to-none. Clear advice coupled with empathy is exactly what vulnerable clients require and she delivers it in spades.'
James Pickering– 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘James is thorough in pleadings, tactical when advising in conference and warm with clients.’
James Candlin – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘James is a careful and conscientious barrister with great judgement whose meticulous case preparation makes him an excellent choice for fraud work in particular.’
David Green – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘The quality of David’s advice is second-to-none.’
Angela Frost – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Angela’s forensic preparation for hearings is exemplary.’
Thomas Banks –12 King’s Bench Walk 'Thomas is fabulous.'
Isaac Hogarth –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Isaac is a wonder.’
Arun Katyar –12 King’s Bench Walk 'He is a solid and careful opinion, he works very hard, is very good with clients and very calm under pressure.'
Oliver Rudd – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘He is very hands-on, thorough and approachable. He always gives 100% and is reliable.’
Anna Symington –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Anna is excellent.’
Testimonials
Set
’12 KBW is the best personal injury set at the Bar. They have strength and depth at all levels.’
‘The chambers are excellent. A very broad skill set, helpful, specialists in their field. They work closely with my firm on complex, specialist claims.’
‘The set have a wealth of specialists in asbestos-related disease and always have able cover available if originally instructed counsel is not available.’
Clerking
‘The clerks’ room is excellent; easy to deal with and noting is ever too much trouble.’
‘Good clerks who take the time to get to know their clients. Oliver Parkhouse runs a tight ship, Graham Johnson is superb and George Boggis is an up and coming leader.’
‘All the clerks I have dealt with have been helpful and have gone out of their way to arrange meetings and trials.’
London Bar > Travel law (including jurisdictional issues) Tier 2
12 King’s Bench Walk has expertise not only in the mainstream of travel and tour operator litigation, but in heavyweight cross-border personal injury cases. The set counts on the expertise of William Audland KC, who appeared in the Supreme Court in X v Kuoni Travel, the first time that the scope of liability under the package travel regulations had been considered at that level; the matter concerned the rape of a British woman by a hotel employee in Sri Lanka. Another key member of the team is Alex Carington – he recently acted for a tour operator in a case where the claimants, who was sleeping at the time, were attacked by a lion, leaving one claimant with his arm almost completely torn off and the other with psychiatric injuries.Leading Silks
William Audland KC –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘William combines mastery of the detail with acute tactical and strategic thinking. As an advocate he is unfailingly calm and polite, but is very firm, clear and focused in his argument’.
Harry Steinberg KC –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Brilliantly knowledgeable in this niche area. Harry pushes boundaries and champions the claimants.’
Leading Juniors
Philip Mead –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Philip has a razor sharp mind. He could quite easily be in silk. A real shining light with an equally bright brain.’
James Sullivan –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Quite frankly one of the nicest people you will meet in the professional world and technically brilliant’.
James Candlin –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘James has a wealth of experience in travel law, having been practising in the field for many years. He is a careful advocate and is thoroughly conversant with the law in the area.’
Alex Carington –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘A skilled and able junior. An affable, pleasant and well-prepared opponent.’
John-Paul Swoboda –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘A brave advocate who likes nothing more than to make new law, which is why he features in reported cases. Meticulous preparation and written work. Class.’
Max Archer –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Max is receiving briefs that suggest many years on his year of call and seniority which is the true testament to his abilities as a barrister. He is very much in demand and making a name for himself in difficult and high profile aviation matters in particular.’
Testimonials
Set
’12KBW are one of, if not the go-to set for travel law issues. They have a great deal of leading counsel who I and other members of the team would happily rely upon.’
‘In my view 12KBW has greater strength and depth across the several segments that cover the travel area: namely, package travel, Rome II claims, aviation and maritime, as well as multi party actions, and strength ranging from leaders to busy juniors.’
’12KBW has a large and growing team of ranked barristers and is fast becoming the go-to set for travel and jurisdictional disputes.’
Clerking
‘The clerks are always helpful and very quick to respond. Graham Johnson particularly is excellent, and always has time for your queries.’
‘The service provided by the clerks are exceptional, mainly George Boggis.’
‘Lexie Johnson is always extremely, helpful, friendly and approachable. She is quick to respond and will try to deal with queries in a clear and concise manner.‘
London Bar > Clinical negligence Tier 3
12 King’s Bench Walk is noted for its ‘increasingly strong clinical negligence presence’; the team are well-versed in a breadth of cases including the complex areas of birth, brain and spinal cord injury. The ‘incredible barristers’ in the set include catastrophic injury specialist and ‘formidable opponent’ William Audland KC; a noteworthy recent success of his being on the case of AB v Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust wherein he and ‘promising junior’ Isaac Hogarth secured a settlement of £1.85m and annual lifetime periodical payments for an elderly grandmother who suffered hypoxic brain injury and multiple organ failure as a result of loss of blood caused by negligent groin hernia repair surgery. Turning to the set’s juniors, Edward Ramsay is acting on some particularly complex psychiatric injury and fatal cases.Leading Silks
William Audland KC –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘William is meticulous and leaves no stone unturned. He works well with experts and has a good manner with clients, putting them very much at ease.'
Leading Juniors
Vanessa Cashman –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Brilliant manner with clients and an exceptional level of empathy. An excellent advocate with great insight into medical issues.’
Henry Charles –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Henry is an extremely intelligent and experienced barrister. Experts are routinely impressed with his understanding and grasp of very difficult medical concepts, practices and procedures.'
John-Paul Swoboda –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Very thorough and impressive in conference with experts, particularly in relation to cardiac cases. He has a very good manner with clients and puts them at ease.’
Edward Ramsay – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Edward is a fantastic advocate and is always well-prepared and focused. He is good with clients in emotive and difficult situations and is a safe and trusted pair of hands.’
Charlotte Reynolds –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Charlotte has more than earned her strong reputation. She is an excellent junior who is clearly destined for silk in due course.’
Daniel Sokol –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘A keen eye for detail, intelligent, amiable and pragmatic. An extremely accomplished advocate.'
Isaac Hogarth – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Isaac is super bright and applies an excellent level of detail in all cases. His drafting of complex documents is always a pleasure to read because it encompasses all of the issues and sets them out so clearly.’
Testimonials
Set
‘A well-run set with an increasingly strong clinical negligence presence and some very promising juniors – notably Isaac Hogarth and Vanessa Cashman.’
‘An excellent set. Counsel are regularly available and the webinar free training programmes the set provides are of excellent quality.’
‘A good set with a strong reputation.’
’12 King’s Bench Walk are a great set full of incredible barristers.’
‘Great set for clinical negligence with good breadth or expertise and knowledge at all levels. They also offer a great webinar series on clinical negligence.’
Clerking
‘Clerks are very efficient and pleasant to deal with.’
London Bar > Employment
Rising stars
David Green - 12 King's Bench Walk ‘David is an excellent advocate and is able to think very well on his feet. He has very good technical knowledge of both the law and procedure.’
Leading Juniors
Martina Murphy - 12 King's Bench Walk ‘Martina's advocacy is excellent, as is her ability to relate to clients and really understand their aims.’
Laura Robinson - 12 King's Bench Walk ‘Laura is extremely well prepared and completely on top of her papers in any given case. She explains matters clearly to lay clients and puts witnesses at their ease in conferences. She is an excellent advocate, arguing her case persuasively and exercising really good judgement in terms of the points to take in cross-examination. She gets to the nub of the issues and reads tribunals well.’
Andrew Watson - 12 King's Bench Walk ‘Andrew is an excellent advocate and an all-round intellectual and practical talent. He has a natural manner with clients, who can always trust that he will do an excellent job.’
Tim Goodwin - 12 King's Bench Walk 'Tim is a highly effective advocate who concentrates on the key points in issue without sparing details where they are needed. His preparation is always comprehensive. In conference he listens with care and will consider a range of views, not simply seek to impose his own. He is very good with clients and highly personable and approachable overall.'
Ghazaleh Rezaie – 12 King's Bench Walk ‘Ghazaleh is a highly skilled technical barrister and superb advocate. She is incredibly responsive and approachable, great with clients, and gets to the heart of the claim quickly. She is also robust and thorough in her advice, and a fearless advocator and negotiator – sensitive to the commercial realities of litigation, and strives to achieve results which make practical and commercial sense.‘
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
Leading Silks
Steven Snowden KC – 12 King's Bench Walk ‘An immense role in representing very many of the infected and affected in the Infected Blood Inquiry. He is regarded as a very fair-minded opponent, and all the more dangerous for it – does not take bad points, so is trusted by tribunals and has the ear of the court. ’
Leading Juniors
Edward Ramsay – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘Edward has a superb and in-depth knowledge of coronial law, and passionate about achieving justice for families needing representation at Inquest. Prepares the best submissions for Article 2 inquests, and really goes the extra mile for instructing solicitors and lay clients. ’
London Bar > Costs
Leading Juniors
Andrew Roy –12 King’s Bench Walk 'A leading light on costs who gets terrific results, he has a total mastery of the rules and the case law. A match for any costs silk.'
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
Leading Juniors
Nina Ross – 12 King's Bench Walk ‘Nina is very thorough and is a safe pair of hands. She looks at all possible angles.’
London Bar > Aviation
Leading Juniors
Max Archer –12 King’s Bench Walk ‘He is wise and considered in his advice, strong and convincing on his advocacy and always available to discuss the case.'
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
12 King's Bench Walk > Set Profile
12 King’s Bench Walk continues to be at the forefront of many of the most significant cases in its practice areas, offering a wealth of expertise through its 91 members, including 11 silks.
The chambers: 12 King’s Bench Walk is a leading civil set, with 91 members, 11 of which are King’s Counsel. 12KBW is at the forefront of developments in the law, having been instructed in many of the leading tort cases of recent times and is best known for bringing and defending personal injury, industrial disease, and clinical negligence claims as well as employment law.
Work undertaken
Personal injury: The past year was one of considerable success for 12KBW, continuing its pre-eminent position in personal injury work; members specialise in the full range of personal injury claims. 12KBW appeared in RoadPeace v (1) Secretary of State for Transport (2) MIB, Lewington v MIB, Cameron v Hussain & LV Insurance, McBride v UKI and Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Limited.
Industrial disease: 12KBW continues to be at the forefront of industrial disease litigation, with leading specialists at the bar appearing in prominent cases. Expertise in asbestos litigation is unrivalled, with members instructed in some of the most significant cases, such as Dryden v Johnson Matthey and Bussey v Anglia Heating Ltd.
Clinical negligence: 12KBW has a large and well-regarded clinical negligence team, acting on behalf of both claimants and defendants, including NHS Trusts, medical defence organisations, privately insured practitioners and private hospitals.
Employment and discrimination: 12KBW’s employment and discrimination team handles the full spectrum of employment, discrimination and commercial employment cases. It has strength in the cross-over between employment and personal injury law, such as workplace stress claims, disability discrimination following an industrial accident, and discrimination in the education and services sectors.
International and travel: 12KBW has been instructed in many of the key travel and aviation cases, including Hoteles Pinero Canarias v Keefe, Noble Caledonia v Air Niugini, X v Kuoni, Clay v TUI and Xstrata. 12KBW offers leading expertise on jurisdiction, applicable law, package travel, aviation and multi-party litigation. 12KBW is often instructed by motor insurers in cross-border road traffic accidents, including domestic proceedings brought against foreign insurers, and proceedings brought directly against English insurers or the Motor Insurers’ Bureau in respect of accidents abroad.
Insurance: Barristers are regularly instructed across policy coverage areas, including employer’s and public liability, professional indemnity, and motor and property damage policies.
Product liability: 12KBW has acted in some of the most exciting and novel product liability cases of the past few decades. Undertaking industrial disease claims, and claims involving pharmaceuticals, breast implants, consumer goods, mobility equipment and food and drink.
ADR: 12KBW provides a professional and effective ADR service, particularly in personal injury and related areas. 12KBW ADR also deals with all areas of law and legal disputes, including those with an international dimension.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Director of Clerking | PARKHOUSE, Oliver | parkhouse@12kbw.co.uk | 020 7415 8342 |
| Head of Chambers | AUDLAND KC, William (1992, 2015) | ||
| Deputy Head of Chambers | REYNOLDS, Charlotte (2001) | ||
| Deputy Head of Chambers | SYMINGTON, Anna (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALKER KC, Ronald (1962, 1983) | ||
| Members of Chambers | METHUEN KC, Richard (1972, 1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOGARTH KC, Andrew (1974, 2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MARTIN KC, Gerard (1978, 2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WORTHINGTON KC, Stephen (1976, 2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FEATHERBY KC, William (1978, 2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RAWLINSON KC, Michael (1991, 2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RUSSELL KC, Paul (1984, 2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STEINBERG KC, Harry (1997, 2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SNOWDEN KC, Steven (1989, 2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DIGNUM KC, Marcus (1994, 2020) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SHARPE KC, David (1999, 2020) | ||
| Members of Chambers | VINCENT KC, Patrick (1992, 2021) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SANDERSON, David (1985) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LEWERS, Nigel (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHARLES, Henry (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PICKERING, Andrew (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HAMILL, Hugh (1988) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MEAD, Philip (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHAMBERS, Adam (1989) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CHANDLER, Kate (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOWLEY, Ivan (1990) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CANDLIN, James (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BRACE, Michael (1991) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JACKSON, Stephanie (1992) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KATYAR, Arun (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KENDALL, Joel (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MCLAUGHLIN, Andrew (1993) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TOBIN, Daniel (1994) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PECK, Catherine (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MCCLUGGAGE, Brian (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | THOMSON, Louise (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | JOHN, Simon (1996) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LEECH, Benedict (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MADAN, Pankaj (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CALLOW, David (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | AGGREY-ORLEANS, Kweku (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MURPHY, Martina (1998) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WHITE, David (1999) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WARD, Andrew (2000) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FROST, Angela (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBINSON, Laura (2001) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROY, Andrew (2002) | ||
| Members of Chambers | NEWNHAM, Mary (2003) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SCOTT, Gemma (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SULLIVAN, James (2005) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KERR, Patrick (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BESLEE, Sarah (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARINGTON, Alex (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KENNEDY, Roisin (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SWOBODA, John-Paul (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROBERTSHAW, Charles (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | READ, Emily (2007) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PATTERSON, Hollie (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MACLEAN, Niall (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PACEY, Thomas (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ALDRED, Lois (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WILSON, Thea (2008) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RUDD, Oliver (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CASHMAN, Vanessa (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | REZAIE, Ghazaleh (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BANKS, Thomas (2010) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BUCH, Rachit (2010) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ROSS, Nina (2010) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SOKOL, Daniel (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HOGARTH, Isaac (2011) | ||
| Members of Chambers | RAMSAY, Edward (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | AKRAM, Aliyah (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BURIN, Achas (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WATSON, Andrew (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MUKITH, Farhana (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | PICKERING, James (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MCKEOWN, Jeremy (2013) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ARCHER, Max (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GREEN, David (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CUNNINGHAM, Ted (2015) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BOULDEN, Elizabeth (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TURNER, Spencer (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TURTON, Charley (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WALLER, Helen (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MURRAY, Craig (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | FLEMING, Christopher (2017) | ||
| Members of Chambers | KING, Henry (2018) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CUTHBERT, Samuel (2018) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GRIFFITHS, Megan (2018) | ||
| Members of Chambers | GOODWIN, Tim (2019) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MAWDESLEY-THOMAS, Cressida (2019) |
Barrister Profiles
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 | Kweku Aggrey-Orleans | Kweku prides himself on maintaining a successful practice across all the main… | View Profile |
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| Aliyah Akram | Aliyah Akram is acknowledged as a leading junior in personal injury, industrial… | View Profile |
 | Lois Aldred | Lois acts for both claimants and defendants and has experience of all… | View Profile |
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| Max Archer | Max is recognised as a leading practitioner in aviation, international and travel,… | View Profile |
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| William Audland | William is ranked as a leading silk in all the major directories… | View Profile |
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| William Audland | William is ranked as a leading silk in all the major directories… | View Profile |
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| Thomas Banks | Tom is ranked as a Personal Injury Leading Junior in Legal 500.… | View Profile |
 | Sarah Beslee | Sarah is highly experienced in all aspects of personal injury law, from… | View Profile |
 | Elizabeth Boulden | Elizabeth’s personal injury practice has particular specialisms in clinical negligence, inquests, employers’… | View Profile |
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| Ivan Bowley | Ivan Bowley specialises in industrial disease and serious personal injury, acting on… | View Profile |
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| Michael Brace | Michael specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence with a particular emphasis… | View Profile |
 | Rachit Buch | Rachit specialises in personal injury, industrial disease, international and travel law and… | View Profile |
 | Dr Achas Burin | Achas enjoys a varied practice in 12KBW’s core areas. She is keen… | View Profile |
 | David Callow | David has a wide-ranging practice with substantial experience of claims of the… | View Profile |
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| James Candlin | Specialist personal injury practitioner. Recognised as a leading junior in Chambers &… | View Profile |
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| Alex Carington | Alex’s practice encompasses 12KBW’s core areas with particular focus on travel, serious… | View Profile |
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| Vanessa Cashman | Vanessa specialises in clinical negligence. She acts predominantly for claimants and her… | View Profile |
 | Adam Chambers | Whilst familiar with the high value personal injury cases arising out of… | View Profile |
 | Kate Chandler | Kate is a specialist personal injury barrister. She joined Chambers in 1991,… | View Profile |
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| Henry Charles | Henry is recognised as a leading personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner. … | View Profile |
 | Ted Cunningham | Ted accepts instructions across all of 12KBW’s core areas. He has particular… | View Profile |
 | Samuel Cuthbert | Samuel has significant experience in industrial disease, catastrophic injury, and negligence claims.… | View Profile |
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| Marcus Dignum | Marcus is a specialist Defendant Catastrophic Personal Injury Silk, who acts for… | View Profile |
 | William Featherby | The bulk of William’s work is heavy personal injuries and clinical negligence… | View Profile |
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| William Featherby | The bulk of William’s work is heavy personal injuries and clinical negligence… | View Profile |
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| Angela Frost | Angela specialises in high value complex, and catastrophic personal injury claims. She… | View Profile |
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| Tim Goodwin | Tim’s practice is focused on all types and elements of employment disputes,… | View Profile |
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| David Green | David is a specialist employment and personal injury barrister. He represents Claimants… | View Profile |
 | Megan Griffiths | Megan practices in a number of chambers’ specialisms including general personal injury,… | View Profile |
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| Hugh Hamill | Hugh specialises in high value complex personal injury, professional negligence, clinical negligence… | View Profile |
 | Andrew Hogarth | Andrew Hogarth KC has a strong reputation both in the field of… | View Profile |
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| Isaac Hogarth | Isaac has a specialist clinical negligence and personal injury practice. A large… | View Profile |
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| Andrew Hogarth | Andrew Hogarth KC has a strong reputation both in the field of… | View Profile |
 | Stephanie Jackson | Stephanie has a well established civil practice specializing in personal injury, credit… | View Profile |
 | Simon John | Personal injury: Simon undertakes work for claimant and defendant in a wide… | View Profile |
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| Arun Katyar | Arun is an experienced advocate specialising in personal injury. He is recommended… | View Profile |
 | Joel Kendall | Joel specialises in personal injury, employment law and clinical negligence. He has… | View Profile |
 | Roisin Kennedy | Roisin has significant experience in all aspects of personal injury law. She… | View Profile |
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| Patrick Kerr | Patrick is consistently ranked as a Leading Junior, Tier 1 in the… | View Profile |
 | Henry King | Henry regularly appears in trials, interim applications and preliminary hearings in the… | View Profile |
 | Ben Leech | Ben acts for both Claimants and Defendants in the full range of… | View Profile |
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| Nigel Lewers | Nigel is widely recognised as a Leading Junior, recently rated as a… | View Profile |
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| Niall Maclean | Niall is recognised as a leading junior in the current edition of… | View Profile |
 | Pankaj Madan | Pankaj specialises in Catastrophic and Life-Changing Injury with specialist expertise in traumatic… | View Profile |
 | Gerard Martin | Specialist in catastrophic injury work for Claimants. Other specialties include claims for… | View Profile |
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| Gerard Martin | Specialist in catastrophic injury work for Claimants. Other specialties include claims for… | View Profile |
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| Cressida Mawdesley-Thomas | Cressida’s practice encompasses the full range of Chambers’ key specialisms, acting for… | View Profile |
 | Brian McCluggage | Brian McCluggage conducts catastrophic personal injury work, predominantly in the interest of… | View Profile |
 | Jeremy McKeown | Jeremy accepts instructions across all of 12KBW’s core areas. He has particular… | View Profile |
 | Andrew McLaughlin | Andrew is a leading senior junior in the fields of personal injury… | View Profile |
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| Philip Mead | Philip is a member of the International and Travel Group of 12KBW… | View Profile |
 | Richard Methuen | Richard is one of the most well-known and well-respected silks at the… | View Profile |
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| Richard Methuen | Richard is one of the most well-known and well-respected silks at the… | View Profile |
 | Farhana Mukith | Farhana accepts instructions in most areas of Chambers’ work, with a particular… | View Profile |
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| Martina Murphy | Martina Murphy practises in all areas of employment, equality and professional discipline… | View Profile |
 | Craig Murrary | Craig joined 12 King’s Bench Walk as a tenant in December 2018,… | View Profile |
 | Mary Newnham | Mary practises predominantly in personal injury and clinical negligence. She acts for… | View Profile |
 | Tom Pacey | Thomas appears regularly in fast and multi-track matters, has experience of acting… | View Profile |
 | Hollie Patterson | Hollie’s principal areas of practice are employment and discrimination. She has been… | View Profile |
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| Catherine Peck | Catherine specialises in catastrophic and complex personal injury claims. She has over… | View Profile |
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| James Pickering | James is recognised by the Legal 500 2022 as a “rising star”… | View Profile |
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| James Pickering | James is recognised by the Legal 500 2022 as a “rising star”… | View Profile |
 | Andrew Pickering | Andrew specialises in serious personal injury and professional negligence litigation and has… | View Profile |
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| Edward Ramsay | Edward is ranked as a Leading Junior for Inquests and Inquiries in the Legal… | View Profile |
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| Michael Rawlinson | Michael’s principal areas of practice are claims in which exposure to noxious… | View Profile |
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| Michael Rawlinson | Michael’s principal areas of practice are claims in which exposure to noxious… | View Profile |
 | Emily Read | Emily practices in all areas of personal injury law. Her main interests… | View Profile |
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| Charlotte Reynolds | Charlotte represents both claimants and defendants in a broad range of catastrophic… | View Profile |
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| Ghazaleh Rezaie | Ghazaleh is known to her solicitors for her attention to detail and… | View Profile |
 | Charles Robertshaw | Charles specialises in complex personal injury claims. He is regularly instructed for… | View Profile |
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| Laura Robinson | Laura is an employment specialist who represents large corporations, SME’s, public and… | View Profile |
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| Nina Ross | Nina is ranked as a leading junior in personal injury in the… | View Profile |
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| Andrew Roy | Andrew specializes in complex and high value cases involving personal injury, costs,… | View Profile |
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| Oliver Rudd | Oliver has a wide-ranging practice with extensive experience in dealing with a… | View Profile |
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| Paul Russell | Paul has a strong reputation in the specialist fields of personal injury,… | View Profile |
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| Paul Russell | Paul has a strong reputation in the specialist fields of personal injury,… | View Profile |
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| David Sanderson | David is a highly experienced senior junior who has specialised for over… | View Profile |
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| Gemma Scott | Gemma specialises in personal injury work. She is particularly experienced in catastrophic… | View Profile |
 | Dr David Sharpe | Dr David Sharpe KC specialises in clinical negligence, professional negligence, serious personal… | View Profile |
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| Steven Snowden | Steven has an outstanding KC practice. He is an experienced trial advocate… | View Profile |
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| Steven Snowden | Steven has an outstanding KC practice. He is an experienced trial advocate… | View Profile |
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| Daniel Sokol | Daniel is ranked as a “Leading Junior” in the Legal 500 (2022),… | View Profile |
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| Harry Steinberg | Harry Steinberg specialises in large-scale group claims – typically involving private international… | View Profile |
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| Harry Steinberg | Harry Steinberg specialises in large-scale group claims – typically involving private international… | View Profile |
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| James Sullivan | James has a High Court and multi-track practice specialising in all aspects… | View Profile |
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| John-Paul Swoboda | John-Paul specialises in all aspects of Personal Injury law. He is known… | View Profile |
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| Anna Symington | Anna specialises in high value personal injury claims. Chambers & Partners 2022… | View Profile |
 | Louise Thomson | Louise is an experienced practitioner in personal injury and related areas including… | View Profile |
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| Daniel Tobin | Daniel has a well-established personal injuries practice. He has particular expertise in… | View Profile |
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| Spencer Turner | Spencer’s practice encompasses the full range of Chambers’ key specialisms, with a… | View Profile |
 | Charley Turton | Charley specialises in clinical negligence, abuse, and injury claims with an international… | View Profile |
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| Patrick Vincent | Patrick is a specialist in Insurance, Personal Injury and International/Travel law. He… | View Profile |
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| Patrick Vincent | Patrick is a specialist in Insurance, Personal Injury and International/Travel law. He… | View Profile |
 | Ronald Walker | Ronald Walker K.C. has extensive recent experience of Group Litigation and disease… | View Profile |
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| Ronald Walker | Ronald Walker K.C. has extensive recent experience of Group Litigation and disease… | View Profile |
 | Helen Waller | Helen has developed extensive experience in both oral and written advocacy, accepting… | View Profile |
 | Andrew Ward | Andrew is recommended in the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories… | View Profile |
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| Andrew Watson | Andrew is a specialist employment and personal injury barrister. He accepts instructions… | View Profile |
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| David White | David’s principal areas of practice are personal injury, clinical negligence, insurance/indemnity disputes… | View Profile |
 | Thea Wilson | Thea specialises in Clinical Negligence, complex Personal Injury claims, and Inquests. Thea… | View Profile |
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| Stephen Worthington | Stephen’s main areas of expertise: personal injury, in which he is predominantly… | View Profile |
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| Stephen Worthington | Stephen’s main areas of expertise: personal injury, in which he is predominantly… | View Profile |
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We promote a culture where the individual is fairly treated, respected and diversity is appreciated. Equality of opportunity is based on merit, irrespective of background, beliefs and socio-economic context.
It is our policy to ensure, both individually and collectively, that we do not practice or permit any form of discrimination; whether direct, indirect, or by way of victimisation, against any person, or any harassment of any person.
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