Northern Circuit
Byrom Street Chambers ‘has unparalleled strength in depth in claims involving injuries of the highest magnitude’. The personal injury group includes the ‘superb advocate’ Christopher Melton KC, who is head of chambers and predominantly acts for claimants in high-value fatal and catastrophic injury claims. The ‘calm and authoritative’ Winston Hunter KC is ‘technically excellent in all areas of personal injury litigation, especially at the catastrophic injury level’. Simon Kilvington KC has an excellent reputation among instructing solicitors for being ‘the top silk in the country for claimant industrial disease work’. Rhiannon Jones KC continues to handle complex brain and spinal injury claims for defendants and claimants, while Peter Burns KC is active in cases involving catastrophic injuries and amputation claims. At the junior end of chambers, Michael Lemmy has been active in claims arising from accidents at work and road traffic accidents, and Darrel Crilley is experienced in handling claims involving polytrauma, functional neurological disorders and amputations.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Mentions
Profile
Position
Personal Injury: Winston Hunter is routinely instructed by both Claimants and Defendants in cases of maximum severity. In the recent past he has been instructed in some of the highest values claims. A particular feature of many of his instructions is where there are complex claims for loss of earnings arising from injuries to professionals such as bankers, lawyers and accountants or senior directors of large companies and other high net worth individuals.
Clinical Negligence: Winston Hunter has a significant caseload in the area of clinical negligence. His practice covers all areas of medical mal practice. He has particular expertise in claims involving wrongful birth and failure of diagnosis and treatment in Accident and Emergency Medicine, and the complexities arising from claims for loss of a chance of a better outcome.
Insurance Litigation: Winston Hunter is regularly instructed in claims arising out of repudiation of policies for alleged non-disclosure and issues relating to construction of insurance contracts. Particular expertise exists in claims relating to motor vehicle insurance.
Professional Liability: Winston Hunter is instructed in a wide range of cases involving the negligence of professionals. He has particularly expertise in cases involving claims alleging loss of a chance.
Memberships
PIBA,
PNBA,
Northern Circuit representative of The Bar Council Committee,
Chair of the Northern Circuit Race Committee,
Member of The Bar Council Race Working Group
Education
Leeds University (1984 LLB Hons first class).
Content supplied by Byrom Street Chambers
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Matt Tudor is highly recommended, and chambers is in safe hands under his leadership.'
- 'Under the leadership of Matt Tudor, the service at Byrom Street is never short of excellent.'
- 'Clerks are always helpful and responsive. Matt Tudor is excellent.'
- 'Outstanding service and responsiveness from the clerks.'
- 'Superb strength in depth of barristers and clerking.'
- 'Strongest set of silks in the UK in catastrophic injury work.'
- 'An excellent set.'
- 'One of the strongest sets in the north west.'