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18 St John Street Chambers Offices
18 St John Street Chambers
18-20 ST JOHN STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 4EA
England
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Gemma McGungle
Work Department
Civil and personal injury law.
Position
Gemma has had experience of a wide civil practice with an emphasis on personal injury work, including public, occupiers’ and employers’ liability, road traffic litigation and industrial disease. She has also had the benefit of experiencing claims involving issues of probate as well as boundary, business and contract law disputes. Having previously worked as a costs draftsman, Gemma is able to advise on costs matters, and represent parties at various levels of hearing.
Career
Called 2011; Middle Temple.
Education
University of Manchester (BSocSc Hons Politics and International Relations); BBP Law School (Graduate Diploma in Law); Manchester Metropolitan University (BPTC).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Costs
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Gemma McGungle – 18 St John Street ‘Gemma is an excellent advocate. Her written advice and costs knowledge is first rate and she is a particularly tenacious in her oral submissions.’
The costs team at 18 St John Street Chambers houses Gemma McGungle, who is frequently instructed by both paying and receiving parties – she is acting for the solicitors in Menzies v Oakwood, which has received rare permission to apply to the Supreme Court and has the potential to change how solicitors get paid. James Miller practices exclusively in costs law, and he represented the solicitors in Higgins v Esure, a case concerning recoverability of an expert’s fee in a fixed costs case, in which the expert described himself as a spinal surgeon, and Miller successfully argued he was an orthopaedic surgeon, thus reducing the costs.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Gemma McGungle – 18 St John Street Chambers ‘Gemma is a very knowledgeable and experienced counsel whose passion to assist the victims of clinical negligence shines through in the way she manages the cases in which she is instructed. She understands the pressures on claimants and is respectful of the toll these cases take on them, always considering the pressures on them alongside the legal advice on the case and recommended action.’