Barristers

Robert Horner

Robert Horner

Work Department

Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence

Position

Robert's practice encompasses high value personal injury and clinical negligence work together with health professions' regulatory. He was deputy head of the personal injury and clinical negligence group in his former set.

Outside of work Robert enjoys cross-country running, albeit he finds it takes him ever longer to cover ever shorter distances. He is kept amply occupied and amused by his three young children.

Robert's high level personal injury practice and his regulatory medical professional disciplinary practice dovetail perfectly with his clinical negligence practice.

Robert has experience of representing both claimants and defendants where clinical practice is in issue. He is very familiar with the workings of medical institutions and clinical practices. He has extensive experience of cross-examining experts on highly technical points of medical procedure. He is able to analyse and marshal high volumes of information to great effect. His insightful and realistic approach is highly regarded by his professional and lay clients alike.

Robert acts for claimants and defendants across the full range of personal injury work. His busy practice includes advising and representing clients in road traffic accidents, accidents at work, fatal accidents, occupiers’ liability, highways claims, CICA applications and appeals, claims involving the MIB and low velocity impact cases. He is fully conversant with claims involving allegations of fraud and cases involving credit hire.

A lot of Robert's work is high value and much of it complex. Robert has a particular expertise in cases involving motorcycles, claims involving horses and construction accidents

Career

Called 1999; Barrister

Education

LLB Dunelm

Mentions

London Bar

Personal injury

Leading junior4
Robert Horner – Deka Chambers ‘Robert is an excellent barrister. He maintains a passion and curiosity in relation to his cases.'