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James Candlin

James Candlin

Position

Specialist personal injury practitioner. Recognised as a leading junior in Chambers & Partners notably for travel related work. However, his experience is broad including product liability, occupational disease, fatal and catastrophic head and bodily injury often in consequence of cycling, motorcycling and motor racing accidents. 

He has a science degree and is known for cases which have technical features, product liability, food poisoning, unusual pathogens, and scientific causation arguments as well as clinical negligence claims.

James specialises in health & safety, and is regularly instructed to act in relation to prosecution arising from serious accidents and near misses in industry, freight transport, medical and care institutions. On several occasions James has conducted inquest, criminal and civil proceedings in the same matter.

Away from work James attention is directed at his 4 children, watching and playing sport, keeping bees, making and mending furniture.

Career

Called1991; Lincoln’s Inn.

Languages

French.

Memberships

PIBA.

Education

Clifton College, Bristol; University of Aberdeen (1988 BSc Hons); University of Westminster (1990 CPE); Inns of Court School of Law (1991).

Leisure

Sport, boxing, motorsport, three children.

Mentions

London Bar

Personal injury

Leading junior3
James Candlin – 12 King’s Bench Walk ‘James is technically excellent. His medical knowledge is fantastic, which in a personal injury case is invaluable.’