London Bar
Inquests and inquiries
Leading junior5Frederick Powell – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Frederick is a pleasure to work with. He is collaborative, excellent on the law and works supremely hard.'
Doughty Street Chambers
Barristers
Frederick Powell
Doughty Street Chambers, London
- Phone020 7404 1313
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury & Product Liability
Inquests and Public Inquiries
Actions Against the Police and Public Authorities
Immigration
Position
Frederick specialises in the fields of personal injury, clinical negligence and human rights, particularly inquests and actions against the police. He represents vulnerable claimants who have been subject to mistreatment at the hands of state and private organisations, helping them to obtain redress through a range of legal means, including civil claims, inquests, inquiries, and judicial review.
He is an experienced trial lawyer, regularly appearing in complex multi-track proceedings as sole counsel. He also has experience of working as part of a team in large cases.
He is regularly instructed in high-value claims arising from catastrophic injuries, where the pleaded value runs to six or seven figures. He has been instructed in high-profile cases, such as the Post Office Horizon Litigation, the Katerina Makunova Inquest, and group litigation claims such as the Primodos Case (regarding hormone pregnancy tests which are alleged to have caused devastating birth defects).
Career
Year of Call: 2017
Education
BA Hons in Politics, Psychology, Sociology, (First Class), Robinson College, Cambridge (2011-2014)
GDL (Commendation), City University, London (2014-2015)
LLM, (Distinction), University College London (2015-2016)
BPTC, (Very Competent), BPP London (2016-2017)
Mentions
London Bar
Personal injury
Leading junior4Frederick Powell – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Frederick is a stellar advocate. His questions to witnesses (including senior doctors) are powerful and disarming.’
London Bar
Police law (claimant)
Rising star1Frederick Powell – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Frederick has an incredible eye for detail and leaves no stone unturned. He is very quick to respond and can turn around very complex and detailed pleadings in an impressively short amount of time.’