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Charlotte Wilk

Charlotte Wilk

Position

Charlotte has a mixed civil practice, with a particular interest in Clinical Negligence, Costs and Litigation Funding, and Personal Injury. She also has a busy Housing practice and undertakes work in general Civil and Commercial Disputes.

Charlotte has recently been instructed in the Supreme Court as second junior counsel to the RHA, led by PJ Kirby KC, in the case of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 28 – a case concerning third party litigation funding, which featured in The Lawyer as one of the Top 10 Appeal cases of 2023.

Charlotte often appears 3-4 times a week in court, representing both claimants and defendants in interlocutory hearings and trials; she has appeared unled in the High Court on multiple occasions, tackling complex procedural issues.

Career

Call: 2021

Memberships

PIBA PNBA COMBAR

Education

BPTC. City Law School. Very Competent. 2021. GDL. City Law School. Commendation. 2019. M.Phil. Faculty of English Literature. University of Cambridge. 2015. B.A. (Hons). English Literature. University of Warwick. First Class. 2013.

Leisure

Outside of the law, Charlotte is interested in architecture and fine art, and has delivered a guest lecture for the Royal Academy of Arts. Prior to her career at the Bar, she spent half a year travelling solo around the world to photograph unusual libraries and bookshops, including the Liyuan Library in the mountains of China, and the oldest library in Uruguay.

Mentions

London Bar

Costs and litigation funding

Rising star1
Charlotte Wilk – Gatehouse Chambers ‘Charlotte is highly intelligent and capable. Her knowledge of costs law and practice is significant and greater than juniors of similar call due to her involvement in multiple costs cases. Her written work as well as her advice to clients are both first class.’