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Louis Browne KC

Louis Browne KC

Exchange Chambers, North West

Work Department

Commercial; Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence

Position

Louis Browne KC has a wide ranging civil practice with particular emphasis in catastrophic personal injury claims, inquests and inquiries, public law and media law. He appears regularly in the Higher Courts.

In recent years, Louis has been instructed in some of the most high-profile cases (see specific examples in ‘Cases’ section).

Louis has considerable expertise in all areas of public law and judicial review. He frequently acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants in the Administrative Court. His particular areas of specialism are human rights-based challenges in the context of community care, immigration, education and mental health.

He is ranked as a Leading/Tier 1 Silk by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 in Personal Injury, Inquests and Inquiries, Administrative and Public Law and IT, Telecoms and Data Protection.

Louis has a reputation for being accessible, easy to work with and for giving clear and straightforward advice.

Career

Called 1988; Silk 2017; Recorder

Memberships

Personal Injury Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association

Education

First Class Honours Degree, Law Postgraduate Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, Balliol College, Oxford

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

IT, telecoms and data protection

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Louis Browne KC – Exchange Chambers 'Louis is terrific with clients and has a very sound legal mind. He is straight talking and provides no-nonsense advice, and he is a calm and assured advisor with an excellent court manner.'
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Personal injury

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Louis Browne KC – Exchange Chambers ‘Louis is leagues above others. His expertise and knowledge is phenomenal, he always makes time for all of the parties involved in a case, he puts witnesses at ease, and he has a tenacity of extracting information witnesses in the box in a calm way.’