For more than a dozen years, Charles has been recommended in the legal directories as a leading practitioner. He won Personal Injury Silk of the Year at the 2023 Legal 500 Bar Awards (and was nominated for the same award at the 2023 Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards). He took silk in 2018 and is a specialist barrister in the fields of personal injury, clinical negligence, civil procedure and related insurance issues. He sits part-time as a Deputy High Court Judge, a Recorder (Crime & Civil) and as a Deputy King's Bench Master. He was successful in the election to be Chair of the Personal Injuries Bar Association, for a two year term from April 2022. He is a governing Bencher of the Inner Temple. He is on the Editorial Boards of Kemp & Kemp: the Quantum of Damages and also the Personal Injuries and Quantum Reports.
Charles’ practice is in acting for Claimants and Defendants in complex and high value injury and clinical negligence claims as well as having a particular specialism in secondary victim litigation and fatal accident claims.
He also has a niche practice in procedural law, having led on appeals in the Court of Appeal and Privy Council arising out of procedural points in his specialist fields and civil litigation generally, both domestic claims and appeals from overseas jurisdictions.
He has advised major insurers in various high value cases being litigated in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and Gibraltar respectively. He has acted as an expert witness on English law in foreign jurisdictions.
He is sought after by insurers for cases where fraud and exaggeration are suspected in high value injury and clinical negligence claims.
Charles also advises insurers on coverage and policy interpretation issues arising in his specialist fields.
French (Fluent)
LLB Law with French (Leicester); & Dip E.J.F.: Diploma in French Law (Lyons)
Open water swimmer and qualified British Swimming Referee. Swam across the Solent for charity for the 6th time in 2021; Needles Headland charity swims in 2015/16. Silver medallist at the Swim England National Masters Open Water Championships 2019, in the 5km race.