London Bar
Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
HALL OF FAME3Patrick Blakesley KC –Crown Office Chambers ‘Patrick is a very eloquent and elegant advocate. He has a calm and forceful manner as well as being highly intelligent.'
Patrick Blakesley
- Phone020 7797 8100
- Email[email protected]
Position
His personal injury practice includes all kinds of personal injury work for both claimants and defendants. He has considerable experience in catastrophic and other high-value claims. His work generally involves: brain and spinal and other orthopaedic injuries including paraplegia and tetraplegia; amputations and prosthetics; death and dependency; toxic substances – COSHH claims, carbon monoxide and other gas poisoning, food poisoning; accidents abroad. Jurisdiction and applicable law issues; stress, bullying and harassment claims; limitation; cases of complex causation; MIB and CICAP. He regularly handles multi-million pound claims, both on his own and with leading counsel. He is often instructed on his own against leading counsel. His industrial disease practice includes mesothelioma and other asbestos-related conditions; taking evidence on commission; work-related upper limb conditions; noise induced hearing loss; limitation, causation and apportionment.
Education
Shrewsbury School; Balliol College, Oxford (1991 BA); City University (1992 CPE).