Northern Circuit
‘Accommodating, specialists in their field and always so helpful’, Exchange Chambers advise local authorities and housing providers on a range of complex administrative law and human rights concerns. The experienced Louis Browne KC has a multifaceted public law practice, with recent work spanning cases from inquests and judicial reviews to the extent of mental healthcare provisions of local authorities, with a number that engaged right to life provisions under ECHR Article 2 as well as the Equality Act 2010.
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Profile
Work Department
Commercial; Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence
Position
Louis Browne KC has a wide ranging civil practice with particular emphasis in catastrophic personal injury claims, inquests and inquiries, public law and media law. He appears regularly in the Higher Courts.
In recent years, Louis has been instructed in some of the most high-profile cases (see specific examples in ‘Cases’ section).
Louis has considerable expertise in all areas of public law and judicial review. He frequently acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants in the Administrative Court. His particular areas of specialism are human rights-based challenges in the context of community care, immigration, education and mental health.
He is ranked as a Leading/Tier 1 Silk by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 in Personal Injury, Inquests and Inquiries, Administrative and Public Law and IT, Telecoms and Data Protection.
Louis has a reputation for being accessible, easy to work with and for giving clear and straightforward advice.
Career
Called 1988; Silk 2017; Recorder
Memberships
- Personal Injury Bar Association
- Professional Negligence Bar Association
- Constitutional & Administrative Law Bar Association
Education
- First Class Honours Degree, Law
- Postgraduate Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, Balliol College, Oxford
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Testimonials
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- 'I find them accommodating, specialists in their field and always so helpful. I am always able to instruct counsel of my choice and where there are situations where there is a clash, they will move mountains in order to accept instructions.'