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John De Bono KC KC
Position
John is highly sought after by both claimants and defendants. He is well known as a leading practitioner in clinical negligence. He also practises in personal injury, cases of sexual abuse, police law and judicial review. Described by clients cited in a previous edition of The Legal 500 as a “dream to work with”, he is highly regarded for his team approach, empathy and intelligence.
Career
Called 1995; Silk 2014; Gray’s Inn. Publications include: ‘Who foots the bill’, Solicitors Journal (SJ) (2003) Vol 147 No 39; ‘Damages for Care – local authority indemnities: Part 1’ Journal of Personal Injury Law (JPIL) (June 2002) Issue No 2; Damages for care – local authority indemnities: Part 2’ JPIL (December 2003); ‘Degrees of dependency’, New Law Journal (NLJ) (2003) Vol 152, No 7086.
Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association; Personal Injuries Bar Association.
Education
Downside School; Oriel College, Oxford (MA (Hons) Philosophy and Theology, 1st).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1John de Bono KC –Serjeants’ Inn Chambers ‘John is excellent in every possible way. He is concise and definite with his advice, extremely good with clients and sensitive to their needs.’
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers is ‘a very experienced set with expertise across the board‘, noted for their ‘depth of knowledge’. John De Bono KC acts for both claimants and defendants, a recent notable case being CNZ v Bath, a successful obstetric liability trial involving the acute hypoxic brain injury of a claimant in his mid-twenties – the case applying the 2015 Mongomery v Lanarkshire Health Board decision on informed consent to care in 1986. Eloise Power has a notable specialism in gynaecological matters. Neil Davy KC was appointed to silk in March 2023 – he handled Hughes v Rattan, in which the Court of Appeal determined that practice owners, despite owing a non-delegable duty of care in respect of associate dentists, are not vicariously liable for their actions.