Benjamin Browne

Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Sport, Farming Related Litigation, Product Liability, Professional Negligence, Travel

Personal injury - acting for both sides including alleged radiation injury, work related stress, defective components, riding accidents, criminal acts of employees and Fatal Accident Act claims. Clinical negligence - acting for both sides in cases involving catastrophic birth injury, negligent diagnosis and treatment, failure to recognise medical conditions, failure to safeguard suicidal patients. Travel - accidents abroad, Rome II, jurisdictional issues. Notable cases: Goldsmith v Patchcott and Roach [2012] PIQR P11 (COA) Animals Act. Collier v Norton [2012]: highest reported PI case, Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers [2013]: Approach to evidence under Rome II. Mohamud v Morrisons Supreme Court [2015] vicarious liability, Williams v BHB Privy Council [2016] material contribution in clinical negligence. Balwan v Surgi-Med Clinic [2019] International medical malpractice case. Carrara v Collins and Gibraltar Health Authority. Catastrophic brain injury sustained by claimant in road traffic accident in Gibraltar.

Recognised as the inaugural Legal 500 Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Silk of the Year in 2013, having previously been nominated for Chambers UK’s Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Silk of the Year in 2011.