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12 King's Bench Walk

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Highlighted for its ‘formidable strength and depth in all manner of injury claims’, 12 King’s Bench Walk holds significant experience in handling a broad spectrum of personal injury matters, and along with its strong presence in maximum severity workplace and road collision injuries, is regarded as ’the pre-eminent asbestos and industrial disease set in the UK’. William Audland KC leads a team from chambers representing the Rugby Football League – the English governing body of rugby league – in a claim brought by former professional and amateur players of the sport concerning brain injuries; the case is running in parallel to a separate claim against the governing bodies of rugby union, which the claimants seek to join. Arun Katyar successfully represented the defendant in a contested three-day liability trial after an employee at a car part factory was trapped in a moulding press and narrowly missed being fatally crushed.
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  • 'Clerks are always helpful and approachable. Rob Palumbo is always willing to go the extra mile.'
  • '12KBW are excellent, with formidable strength and depth in all manner of injury claims'
  • '12KBW is the pre-eminent asbestos and industrial disease set in the UK. They have an excellent bench. They offer external training that is a must attend for asbestos litigators.'
  • 'An excellent set, particularly for personal injury, industrial disease and fatal injury work.'
  • 'Good strength in depth. Provide excellent training programmes both in relation to industrial disease litigation generally but also dedicated asbestos claims training as well. '
  • 'Clerks are helpful and willing to make well thought out recommendations.  Efficient billing.'
  • 'Support through 12KBW has always been exceptional.  The strength of the set in general is excellent and market leading in my view.'
  • '12KBW are a consistently strong set throughout their roster in my experience from KC through to junior counsel.'

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Leading silks

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2023 Silks

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Leading juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

Henry Charles

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.