Deka Chambers

Personal injury, clinical negligence, costs, general crime.

John Foy KC specialises in serious personal injury and clinical negligence cases, occupational disease litigation and costs. Most of his cases nowadays are brain damage, paraplegics, amputations etc. He has appeared in many reported cases on these topics and has conducted occupational disease litigation since the 1970s. He acted for the coal miners in their ground breaking group litigation for respiratory disease which led directly to the setting up of the miners compensation scheme. He has a particular interest in mental health cases, as a former Judge of the Mental Health Tribunal and has expertise in costs, particularly in a personal injury/clinical negligence context, having been involved in many of the leading cases in this area, including being instructed by APIL on behalf of its members. He is a former chair of the Bar Council CFA Panel. He was involved in the drafting of the original APIL/PIBA CFA and many subsequent CFAs and CCFAs. He taught advocacy at Grays Inn, where he is a Bencher and sat as a Recorder.

Publications:

Articles in JPIL, APIL Newsletter and NLT on occupational disease and personal injury costs.

Called and joined Deka Chambers  in 1969; KC (1998); recorder (2000); Judge of Mental Health Review Tribunal (2003); Bencher Gray's Inn (2004).

PIBA, PNBA.

LLB (Hons) Birmingham University, 1967.

Interests include most sports, especially football.