Peter specialises in catastrophic injury claims, with particular expertise in brain injury, spinal injury and amputation cases. He has extensive experience of claims involving complex issues of causation, including intervening clinical negligence. He is regularly instructed in high value fatal accident cases, particularly those involving care as a services dependency. Occupiers' liability is an area of special interest.
Peter acts both for defendants and claimants.
Manchester Grammar School; Merton College, Oxford (BA 1st class, scholar); College of Law, Chancery Lane; Inns of Court School of Law; Inner Temple Pegasus Scholar to the USA.
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Peter Burns KC – Byrom Street Chambers ‘Peter is a first-rate personal injury silk whose depth of knowledge is unrivalled. Nothing is too complex and he has an incredible ability of being able to quickly sift through the detail to pick out the issues that really matter; a great strategic thinker who can always be relied upon to help navigate the most difficult of cases.’