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James Bell

James Bell

Position

Senior barrister practising predominantly in the fields of personal injury, clinical negligence, professional negligence and insurance litigation. Acts for both claimants and defendants. A busy common law practitioner who is well used to dealing with complex high-value claims such as catastrophic injuries. Main areas of work include: employers’ liability, public liability, product liability, road traffic accidents, sports injury and insurance/reinsurance disputes. In addition, he undertakes health and safety cases, RACMSA work and Privy Council appeals. Court and advisory work is undertaken nationwide.

Career

Called 1987; Middle Temple.

Memberships

PNBA; PIBA; American Bar Association; AJA; AVMA.

Education

Dr Challoner’s Grammar School; University College Cardiff (LLB).

Leisure

Motor sport (circuit racing in the UK and Europe), kayaking and photography.

Mentions

London Bar

Personal injury

Leading junior1
James Bell –Temple Garden Chambers ‘James provides practical and realistic advice. He does not sugarcoat bad news but always has a strategy to present a case in a compelling and supportive manner.’