2 Temple Gardens is 'well-respected in the personal injury world'. The team has a solid track record in handling high-value catastrophic injury cases and cross-border litigation. Benjamin Browne KC is active in complex birth and traumatic injury matters, and Roger Harris is advising the Football Association on a claim brought by former professional players concerning neurological injuries, allegedly as a result of concussion. Elsewhere in chambers, Paige Mason-Thom is sought after for her expertise in cases involving fatal injuries, often arising from road traffic accidents or accidents at work, as well as handling Animals Act proceedings.
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Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Sport, Farming Related Litigation, Product Liability, Professional Negligence, Travel
Position
Personal injury - acting for both sides including alleged radiation injury, work related stress, defective components, riding accidents, criminal acts of employees and Fatal Accident Act claims. Clinical negligence - acting for both sides in cases involving catastrophic birth injury, negligent diagnosis and treatment, failure to recognise medical conditions, failure to safeguard suicidal patients. Travel - accidents abroad, Rome II, jurisdictional issues. Notable cases: Goldsmith v Patchcott and Roach [2012] PIQR P11 (COA) Animals Act. Collier v Norton [2012]: highest reported PI case, Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers [2013]: Approach to evidence under Rome II. Mohamud v Morrisons Supreme Court [2015] vicarious liability, Williams v BHB Privy Council [2016] material contribution in clinical negligence. International cases include Carrara v Collins and Gibraltar Health Authority. Catastrophic brain injury sustained by claimant in road traffic accident in Gibraltar. Sullivan v The Care Agency [Gibraltar 2024], Balwah v Surgi-Med Clinic [2019] and Trinidad & Tobago Court of Appeal [2024] medical malpractice case.
Recognised as the inaugural Legal 500 Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Silk of the Year in 2013, having previously been nominated for Chambers UK’s Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Silk of the Year in 2011.
Career
Called 1976; Inner Temple; Silk 1996; Recorder 1998.
Christ Church, Oxford. MA Jurisprudence.
Professional Memberships
PIBA; LawInSport, British Association for Sport and Law.
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- 'Lee Tyler is exceptional. He is diligent, commercial and extremely easy to get on with.'
- 'Lee Tyler knows the business and is absolutely on top of the work.'
- 'Leanne Taylor is very responsive.'
- 'Billy Hammonds is extremely approachable and helpful.'
- '2TG is an excellent chambers and particularly noteworthy on cross-border PI claims.'
- 'A strong personal injury set all round.'
- 'The set is extremely professional and knowledgeable.'
- 'Detailed expertise in personal injury claims.'