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Christopher Johnston KC

Christopher Johnston KC

Position

Christopher Johnston QC was called to the Bar in 1990 and took silk in 2011. Chris is a top flight medical silk. He heads Chambers’ award-winning clinical negligence team. A recognised leader in the field of product liability, he is a team player with extensive experience of large class actions. He edits a seminal medical ethics book. An earlier edition notes that he is “a very, very clever man. Exceptionally bright and capable. A super brain and a nice man too.” Please visit the Serjeants' Inn website for his profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.

Career

Called 1990; Silk 2011. Worked for Los Angeles law firm 1988; appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (B Panel) by the Attorney General; appointed head of Serjeants’ Inn Chambers clinical negligence and healthcare team, 2010. Publications of note: ‘Publication of Medical Treatment Decisions and the Law’, 2001; ‘Publication of Second Edition of Medical Treatment Decisions and the Law’, 2010.

Memberships

Professional Negligence Bar Association.

Education

Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA Law, 1st).

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