Samuel Cuthbert > Chambers of William Audland KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Samuel has significant experience in industrial disease, catastrophic injury, and negligence claims. Samuel is also regularly instructed in sports law matters, intersecting both his injury and commercial expertise. Samuel has a particular specialism in litigating head injuries in sport. This is a topic on which he is also regularly asked to speak and to provide training.

Samuel is frequently instructed both as junior counsel and in his own right. Samuel recently appeared in the High Court on appeal in a contractual dispute, and is currently junior counsel in an important and complex High Court dispute relating to the victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Before coming to the Bar, Samuel worked in Milan at an international law firm advising on private, commercial, and sports law matters. Samuel also worked at a leading boutique litigation firm handling high-profile product liability disputes and the RBS Rights Issue case.

Samuel studied philosophy at the University of Durham, during which time he spent a year studying at Paris Nanterre University. He completed the GDL at BPP University, funded by a Lord Brougham Scholarship and a Hardwicke Scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn. Samuel completed the BPTC at the University of Law during which he was the recipient of a Lord Denning Scholarship and an Accommodation Award from Lincoln’s Inn. Whilst at Bar School, Samuel mooted in the Supreme Court as a finalist in the Clyde & Co Insurance Law Moot, and was secretary of the Lincoln’s Inn Debating Society. Samuel also holds an LLM from University College London, his studies for which were also funded by a scholarship.

During his studies, Samuel was a caseworker at anti-trafficking charity Kalayaan focusing on modern slavery litigation. He also regularly appeared in the social security tribunal as a representative for the Free Representation Unit. He further worked as a legal researcher for a former Lord Justice of Appeal, and he was also the editor of the Private Law section of a major online law journal.

Samuel’s interests include swimming, cycling, and running. He recently completed his first full distance ironman triathlon.