Recognised by clients as ‘the leader in the field of clinical negligence in the Midlands’, No5 Barristers’ Chambers fields a strong team of specialists with wide experience ranging from brain and spinal injury cases to dental negligence matters. The ’extremely personable’ Gemma Roberts is particularly strong handling gynaecological, oncological, orthopaedic, and birth injury cases. Mamta Gupta specialises in mental health suicide cases as well as birth injury cases. Neil Shastri-Hurst is now Member of Parliament for Solihull West and Shirley. Karl Hirst left practice in August 2024.
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Testimonials
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- 'Will Theaker is a brilliant clerk and a pleasure to deal with.'
- 'The clerks provide an excellent service, they are all extremely approachable and try to find practical solutions to timetabling issues. Will Theaker, Pete Mottram and Tracey Witherford are very good.'
- 'No 5 is an excellent set from a clinical negligence point of view. They have a number of highly experienced and skilled counsel.
- 'No 5 Chambers is the leader in the field in the Midlands. The breadth of specialists on offer is formidable.'
- 'One of the very best chambers for clinical negligence work. Clerks are really helpful and on the very odd occasion your choice of barrister is not available they always find a suitable alternative. They offer great training and networking events provide opportunities to meet the next generation of counsel, providing options in lower value cases.'
- 'No 5 are without doubt a stellar set in the Midlands with a broad Clinical Negligence offering. They offer regular training opportunities and the recent more junior additions to the team further enhances their service and ensures that the appropriate level of counsel (both in terms of fees and experience) are allocated to cases.'
Lawyers
Leading silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
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.
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.
Thomas Beasley
