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2 Temple Gardens Offices
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LONDON
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Meghann McTague
Work Department
Group Litigation, Travel, Personal Injury
Position
Meghann is an experienced advocate whose practice encompasses the full spectrum of high-value and complex personal injury and travel claims. Meghann advises on catastrophic and fatal accidents arising within and outwith the jurisdiction and has detailed knowledge of claims against the MIB.
Current instructions of note within Meghann’s personal injury practice include claims for occupational stress, modern slavery, claims against local authorities and those resulting in complex brain injuries, amputation and high-value fatal claims.
Meghann also has expertise in large-scale group litigation and is presently instructed by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea as junior counsel in relation to the civil claims arising out of the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017.
Meghann was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2019 and has been a recommended junior in Chambers and Partners since 2015 for Travel: International Personal Injury. She is described by clients as being “absolutely brilliant” and “extremely incisive”.
In her cross-border practice, Meghann regularly advises clients on complex jurisdictional disputes and conflict of laws and has a wealth of experience of fatal and catastrophic injury claims including those involving the Package Travel Regulations 1992, the Montreal Convention and the Athens Convention.
Career
Fatal claim in excess of £8M
De Costa & ors v The London Fire Commissioner and ors [2020] EWHC 2718 (QB)
Group litigation arising out of a bus crash in Malta
Complex diving case in St Lucia
Memberships
Personal Injury Bar Association (member of the Executive Committee)
Education
Manchester Metropolitan University
Sheffield University
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Meghann McTague – 2 Temple Gardens ‘She is a phenomenal communicator with the ability to condense large quantities of complex material into a clear, digestible and persuasive narrative. I can’t recommend her highly enough.’
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Meghann McTague –2 Temple Gardens ‘Meghann is an impressive barrister – an eloquent and calm yet forceful advocate, her attention to detail is invaluable and her commitment to her work is endless.’
‘2 Temple Gardens is known for its strength in complex personal injury‘, with notable strength in cross-border work. William Clerk and Charles Dougherty KC act on behalf of World Rugby in Popham v World Rugby Ltd, a claim brought by a group of former professionals including former Wales international Alix Popham and England 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson, who have been diagnosed with early onset dementia after their playing careers. Martin Porter KC has strength in cycling claims. Meghann McTague has an established practice in foreign claims and group litigation, exemplified by her work in AA v FS Commercial, claims arising out of the UK’s largest prosecution for modern slavery. Niazi Fetto KC was made silk in the 2023 round, and Harry Trusted joined the set from Outer Temple Chambers in January 2023.