London Bar
Clinical negligence
Leading junior4Clare Hennessy – Serjeants’ Inn Chambers ‘Tenacious, robust and works hard for her client'
Chambers of Angus Moon KC and Michael Horne KC
Barristers
Clare Hennessy
Serjeants' Inn Chambers, London
- Phone020 7427 5000
- Email[email protected]
Position
Clare is in demand for her combination of effective court room advocacy and approachability. She began her career as a criminal barrister and draws on her considerable advocacy experience in her work in clinical negligence, inquest, police and professional discipline cases: an instructing solicitor notes that Clare is “always hard working, responsive, calm under pressure – her advocacy skills are second to none.”
Career
Called 2009; Gray’s Inn. Clare has accepted instructions through the Bar Pro Bono Unit. Clare has written ten practice notes (road traffic law) for LexisNexis Butterworths.
Education
Exeter College 2008 BA (Hons); Oxford 2008 Quarrell-Read Prize; 2009 called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn, Lord Justice Holker (Major Gray’s Inn Scholarship); 2009 winner of the Gray’s Inn Debating Competition; 2010 runner-up in Gray’s Inn pupils’ advocacy course.
Mentions
London Bar
Inquests and inquiries
Leading junior5Clare Hennessy – Serjeants’ Inn Chambers ‘Clare is robust, knowledgeable and very good with witnesses.'
London Bar
Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
Leading junior4Clare Hennessy – Serjeants’ Inn Chambers ‘She is an eloquent, charming and impressively persuasive advocate. She manages to convey intelligent arguments without over-complicating the issues which really matter.’
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