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12 King's Bench Walk > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 1
12 King’s Bench Walk has ‘a strong depth of knowledge and a variety of counsel to suit individual client needs‘ – representing both claimants and defendants across personal injury, industrial disease, insurance fraud and travel claims. Insurance-related personal injury work for defendants is the specialist area of Stephen Worthington KC; William Audland KC continues to be instructed for the RFL in the concussion claims brought by former rugby league professionals in Dyson & Others v Rugby Football League. Andrew Roy KC was made silk in the 2023 round, and was led by Marcus Dignum KC in Mathieu v Hinds and Aviva plc, a brain injury claim which led to the first judicial decision on provisional damages for dementia and featured issues of foreign tax. Navjot Atwal joined the set in January 2023 from 3 Hare Court.Personal injury - Rising Stars
Leading Silks
2023 Silks
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘The clerks are fantastic. In particular, Daniella Evans, Ella Banfill and Lily Baker are all supremely talented and professional.’
‘Clerking team is excellent, in particular Tristan Whigham.’
‘The Clerks are always happy to help and adept at locating expertise within the set for any issue.’
’12 KBW need no introduction – they are in the top tier of personal injury work.’
’12 KBW have a strong depth of knowledge and a variety of counsel to suit individual client needs. They are all extremely approachable and offer a good range of training programmes through the year.’
‘The best set for asbestos work and has great strength and depth with a large team specialising in this type of work’
’12 KBW is well-known for the extensive experience of its counsel in personal injury and related litigation.’
’12KBW is an incredibly strong set’
Work highlights
London Bar > Clinical negligence Tier 3
12 King’s Bench Walk has a ‘huge breadth of talent at all levels of experience’, with ‘very capable barristers’ including William Audland KC, who has notable expertise regarding spinal injury – including leading junior Isaac Hogarth in the case of Ellis v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, concluded late 2022, a case involving negligent diagnosis and treatment of a spinal epidural abscess leading to incomplete paraplegia, in which £3m was secured for a claimant after extensive collaborative efforts due to questions around how appropriate an award for provisional damages would be in the event that the claimant’s neurological condition deteriorated as a result of adjacent segment disease.Rising stars
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
’12KBW have a very good clerking team led by Oliver Parkhouse. George Boggis is an excellent clerk and is always very responsive and helpful.’
‘George Boggis is stand-out. He is always incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. I would not hesitate in recommending 12KBW.’
‘A strong set all round with very capable barristers.’
‘Huge breadth of talent at all levels of experience.’
’12KBW are an excellent set. The standard of knowledge, work done and advocacy is very high. You know you are in safe hands with them.’
‘The clerks are exceptionally strong, quick and helpful and know which barrister to recommend for which case.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Sport
Rising stars
Leading Silks
London Bar > Aviation
Leading Silks
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
London Bar > Costs
2023 Silks
Midland Circuit > Costs
North Eastern Circuit > Personal injury
Leading Juniors
London Bar > Employment
Leading Juniors
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
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 | 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 | 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 | ROY KC, Andrew (2002, 2023) | ||
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 | WHITE, David (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | WARD, Andrew (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | FROST, Angela (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROBINSON, Laura (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | ATWAL, Navjot (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | LYONS, Andrew (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | NEWNHAM, Mary (2003) | ||
Members of Chambers | VONBERG, Tom (2004) | ||
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 | BURIN, Achas (2012) | ||
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 | MORADI, Annahita (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 | HALE, Peter (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | KING, Henry (2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | GRIFFITHS, Megan (2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | MAWDESLEY-THOMAS, Cressida (2019) | ||
Members of Chambers | DUCKENFIELD, Eleanor (2021) | ||
Members of Chambers | FRANKLIN, Jessica (2021) | ||
Members of Chambers | LOOMES, Jake (2021) | ||
Members of Chambers | HENSHAW-KEENE, Rebecca (2021) | ||
Members of Chambers | NOVELL, Corinne (2022) |
Barrister Profiles
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Kweku Aggrey-Orleans | Kweku prides himself on maintaining a successful practice across all the main… | View Profile | |
Lois Aldred | Lois acts for both claimants and defendants and has experience of all… | View Profile | |
Max Archer | Max is recognised as a leading practitioner in aviation, international and travel,… | View Profile | |
William Audland | William is ranked as a leading silk in all the major directories… | View Profile | |
William Audland | William is ranked as a leading silk in all the major directories… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Ivan Bowley | Ivan Bowley specialises in industrial disease and serious personal injury, acting on… | View Profile | |
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, clinical negligence and international 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 | |
James Candlin | Specialist personal injury practitioner. Recognised as a leading junior in Chambers &… | View Profile | |
Alex Carington | Alex’s practice encompasses 12KBW’s core areas with particular focus on travel, serious… | View Profile | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
William Featherby | The bulk of William’s work is heavy personal injuries and clinical negligence… | View Profile | |
Angela Frost | Angela specialises in high value complex, and catastrophic personal injury claims. She… | View Profile | |
Tim Goodwin | Tim’s practice is focused on all types and elements of employment disputes,… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Hugh Hamill | Hugh specialises in high value complex personal injury, professional negligence, clinical negligence… | View Profile | |
Isaac Hogarth | Isaac has a specialist clinical negligence and personal injury practice. A large… | View Profile | |
Andrew Hogarth | Andrew Hogarth KC has a strong reputation both in the field of… | View Profile | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Nigel Lewers | Nigel is widely recognised as a Leading Junior, recently rated as a… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Gerard Martin | Specialist in catastrophic injury work for Claimants. Other specialties include claims for… | View Profile | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Catherine Peck | Catherine specialises in catastrophic and complex personal injury claims. She has over… | View Profile | |
Andrew Pickering | Andrew specialises in serious personal injury and professional negligence litigation and has… | View Profile | |
James Pickering | James is recognised by the Legal 500 2022 as a “rising star”… | View Profile | |
James Pickering | James is recognised by the Legal 500 2022 as a “rising star”… | View Profile | |
Edward Ramsay | Edward is ranked as a Leading Junior for Inquests and Inquiries in the Legal… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Charlotte Reynolds | Charlotte represents both claimants and defendants in a broad range of catastrophic… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Laura Robinson | Laura is an employment specialist who represents large corporations, SME’s, public and… | View Profile | |
Nina Ross | Nina is ranked as a leading junior in personal injury in the… | View Profile | |
Andrew Roy KC | Andrew specializes in complex and high value cases involving personal injury, costs,… | View Profile | |
Oliver Rudd | Oliver has a wide-ranging practice with extensive experience in dealing with a… | View Profile | |
Paul Russell | Paul has a strong reputation in the specialist fields of personal injury,… | View Profile | |
Paul Russell | Paul has a strong reputation in the specialist fields of personal injury,… | View Profile | |
David Sanderson | David is a highly experienced senior junior who has specialised for over… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Steven Snowden | Steven has an outstanding KC practice. He is an experienced trial advocate… | View Profile | |
Steven Snowden | Steven has an outstanding KC practice. He is an experienced trial advocate… | View Profile | |
Daniel Sokol | Daniel is ranked as a “Leading Junior” in the Legal 500 (2022),… | View Profile | |
James Sullivan | James has a High Court and multi-track practice specialising in all aspects… | View Profile | |
John-Paul Swoboda | John-Paul specialises in all aspects of Personal Injury law. He is known… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Daniel Tobin | Daniel has a well-established personal injuries practice. He has particular expertise in… | View Profile | |
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 | |
Patrick Vincent | Patrick is a specialist in Insurance, Personal Injury and International/Travel law. He… | View Profile | |
Patrick Vincent | Patrick is a specialist in Insurance, Personal Injury and International/Travel law. He… | View Profile | |
Tom Vonberg | Tom has significant advocacy experience. He is comfortable advising in and presenting… | 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 | |
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 | |
Stephen Worthington | Stephen’s main areas of expertise: personal injury, in which he is predominantly… | View Profile | |
Stephen Worthington | Stephen’s main areas of expertise: personal injury, in which he is predominantly… | View Profile |
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12KBW is committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating and sustaining a positive and supportive environment for our staff, barristers, clients and suppliers.
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.
12KBW is a proud supporter of, and participant in, the Bar Council’s Bar Placement Scheme in conjunction with the Social Mobility Foundation and also the Inner Temple’s Pegasus Access Scheme, providing work experience for university and sixth form students with the aim of encouraging diversity and social mobility at the Bar.
Members of Chambers regularly undertake pro bono work, including via the Free Representation Unit (FRU) and Employment Lawyers Appeals Advice Scheme (ELAAS).