Nine Chambers

Nine Chambers is ‘a stand-out chambers in Manchester for high-value personal injury work’. Its members are highly regarded as ‘leaders in their field of defendant insurance work for catastrophic claims’, however the group is equally strong in acting for claimants in a range of complex personal injury matters. Claims involving alleged exaggeration or fraud are a core area of expertise for the team. Christopher Kennedy KC and Matthew Snarr successfully acted for the defendant in Shaw v Wilde, a case in which the claimant had suffered very serious polytrauma orthopaedic injuries in a road traffic accident and subsequently made a damages claim valued at £6.6m. However, the claim was dismissed on the grounds of fundamental dishonesty, with the genuine value of the claim assessed at £1.2m. Elsewhere in chambers, Kirsty McKinlay handles cases regarding fatal accident claims and catastrophic injuries, Joseph Mulderig is a key name in the industrial disease claims space, and Julie-Anne Luck acts for claimants and defendants in claims arising from road traffic accidents. Elizabeth Murray‘s ’knowledge of legal matters relating to equine law is second to none, particularly in relation to Section 2 of the Animals Act 1971—an intricate and complex area of law that she understands with remarkable depth and precision‘.