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Alex joined Chambers in 2022, following the successful completion of his pupillage. He has established a busy practice across all of Chambers’ specialisms. He is particularly interested in clinical negligence, product liability, property damage and insurance disputes. Alex is an experienced advocate, appearing both as sole counsel and junior counsel in interlocutory hearings and trials.

Alison Green

Barrister who specialises in commercial law, in particular insurance and reinsurance law, professional negligence and private international law. Accredited ARIAS mediator and sits as an arbitrator and court examiner. Experience of commercial law in major contractual disputes, including points on international law and jurisdictional matters. Appeared for and advised major insurance and reinsurance companies, Lloyd’s underwriters, the Corporation of Lloyd’s, insurance brokers and insureds on a variety of insurance and reinsurance covers. Instructed by Lloyd’s to provide independent expert evidence on the formation of insurance contracts at Lloyd’s for the purposes of an appeal in the Court of Appeal, Sao Paulo, Brazil arising out of Lloyd’s contingency insurance. Acts in professional negligence claims with particular expertise in claims involving insurance brokers and insurance intermediaries. Instructed recently on high value commercial property insurance matters. Significant reported cases: Novus Aviation Ltd v Oman Air [2009] EWCA Civ 122 (foreign jurisdiction dispute). Barber v Lloyd’s Underwriters [1987] QB 103 (videotape evidence for US courts); Denby v The Hellenic Mediterranean Lines Co Ltd [1994] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 320 (marine insurance, jurisdiction); Lonrho Exports Ltd v ECGD [1996] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 649 (subrogation, holding insurance recoveries on trust); James Budgett Ltd v Norwich Union [2003] Lloyd’s Rep IR 110 (insurance coverage under commercial insurance in respect of contaminated sugar); Bestquest Ltd v Regency Care Homes Plc and The Ecclesiastical Insurance Company Plc [2003] Lloyd’s Rep IR 392 (failure to note interest on property and business interruption insurance).

Alistair Mackenzie

Alistair’s practice spans a range of commercial litigation, with particular expertise in private international law disputes, group litigation, fraud, product liability and insurance. Clients often instruct Alistair on complex disputes for his experience across these areas. He is equally at home in trials and arbitrations as in dealing with complex points of law on appeal. He has acted in leading cases in the Supreme Court on numerous occasions and appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal. Recent cases include: Abram and others v UEFA [2024] EWHC 1518 (KB) (jurisdiction, foreign act of state); Bodo v Shell Petroleum [2024] EWHC 276 (TCC) (environmental damage in Nigeria); Bravo v Amerisur Resources Limited [2023] EWHC 122 (KB) (liability for oil spill in Colombia); Stait v Cosmos Insurance [2022] EWCA Civ 1429 (jurisdiction in claims by military personnel); Clarke v PZU [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) (liability of insurers under foreign law); FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 (jurisdiction and approach to foreign law).

Anastasia Karseras

Anastasia is a highly experienced practitioner with particular expertise in complex personal injury claims, defending fraudulent and exaggerated motor and other insurance fraud claims, and pursuing contempt proceedings. Popular with clients, she is known for her meticulous attention to detail, her skilled, robust and tenacious cross-examination of suspected fraudsters, and her consistently excellent results. Anastasia is an experienced advocacy trainer for Gray’s Inn.

Andrew Miller KC

Mediation Practice Andrew Miller KC practices as a full-time mediator both in the UK and internationally. Andrew has been acting as a mediator for 10 years and became a full-time mediator 6 years ago, following a distinguished and impressive career as a barrister spanning over 28 years. As a barrister and now as a mediator he has managed and resolved countless commercial disputes both domestically and internationally. Andrew also practices as an arbitrator. He offers his services worldwide across a broad spectrum of commercial sectors. His expertise and practice include commercial, company, construction, energy, insolvency, insurance and reinsurance, landlord and tenant, partnership disputes, property, property damage, professional negligence and shareholder disputes. Andrew stands out for his progressive and passionate approach, advocating ‘Early-Stage’ Mediation and a provides balanced combination of facilitative and evaluative mediation. Andrew has been involved in the mediation of disputes since 1995. He has experience of over 350 mediations across a wide range of disputes. Andrew has acted as lead mediator in commercial disputes valued from £10,000 to over £500 million. Andrew has unique access to ‘mediation dust’ which he sprinkles liberally at his mediations to create the mediation magic that leads to the resolution of disputes and the ‘Gift of Settlement’. Andrew has mediated disputes with parties and lawyers based in the UK, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Lithuania, Maldives, Montenegro, New Zealand, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA. Andrew was awarded the prestigious NMA Civil & Commercial Mediator of the Year for 2020-2022. In 2022, he was recognised and made a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM). This is a rare honour for a UK mediator by the USA based institution. Andrew is also one of 15 mediators appointed to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ President’s Panel of Mediators. In 2023 Andrew was inducted into the law faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Caruso Law as part of an international team of experienced mediation practitioners presenting an Advanced Mediation programme at Chateau d’ Hauteville, in Vevey, Lake Geneva Switzerland. Andrew regularly speaks about mediation in the UK and internationally. Over the last six years he has been involved with a series of prestigious international workshops and seminars in Cambodia, Dubai, Greece, India, Philippines and Singapore. He spoke at the Singapore International Mediation Centre in September 2018 and at the Singapore Mediation Convention Week in 2023 as part of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) event. In September 2024 he was one of the guest speakers at the ADR Hellenic Hub Mediation Festival held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Andrew is very well known in India and has been involved in the judging of several of the prestigious Mediation and Negotiation competitions held in the Indian universities and colleges of law. In January 2020 he was invited to speak at the Supreme Court of India on Mediation and its relationship with Litigation and the relationship between mediators and litigators. He returned to India in March 2023 for the IX edition of the RMLNLU/2TG mediation competition. In April 2023 he again addressed the Nivaaran Mediators of the Supreme Court of India in person in Delhi and in 2024 he addressed the judiciary and senior advocates at the Bombay High Court in Mumbai. Andrew Miller KC has been a trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since January 2019. FEEDBACK TESTIMONIALS FOR 2024 Andrew is a highly skilled mediator. He quickly identified a range within which the parties might settle and worked towards that and also stepped in when required during the negotiation of the more difficult finer details to ensure the deal for over the line on the day (or night, as the case was!) Solicitor Partner I believe that Andrew's mediation skills and abilities and his outstanding commitment and professionalism throughout the mediation were key factors in the successful resolution of the dispute between the parties. I was very impressed with his pragmatic and business-minded approach and his direct and straightforward style of play. We would certainly recommend Andrew as a mediator to others and we would seek to appoint him if we had another mediation dispute. Solicitor Partner Andrew showed tremendous experience, psychological skills, business orientation and leadership in guiding the parties to a successful conclusion of the mediation with a Settlement Agreement. The mediation conducted by Andrew Miller KC has been a unique and valuable learning experience for me personally, but I believe also for all others involved in the mediation. CFO of Mediation Party Andrew is commercial, personable and gave the impression of being genuinely neutral, but still robust and challenging when discussing both parties’ respective positions. Andrew generated trust and confidence. Insurer Claims Handler Andrew is an excellent Mediator. His mediator skills made a decisive difference to the outcome of the mediation. He gave us the confidence to know that that he was trying hard to explain our position to the other side while conveying to us (even if not explicitly) what might be the other side’s red lines. CEO of Mediation Party Andrew, I think is a man who gets things done, helping the parties help themselves. Andrew did not let the technical merits unduly get in the way of the real goal of settlement. He also assisted with the technical details of settlement agreement. Insurer Claims Handler Andrew is skilled in listening, persuasion, good communication, problem solving, resolution and is also very personable. Solicitor Partner Andrew is very 'user friendly', sensible clear approach taken, understanding/identifying the real 'pinch points' early on. In house Solicitor for Ministry of Justice Andrew performed very well, adopting an amicable style which helped in making the parties / clients feel more at ease. Given his extensive commercial experience, Andrew was great at providing the parties with a reality check and managing to reach a settlement only 4 hours into the mediation. We would definitely recommend him to our colleagues and hope to work with him again in the future. Solicitor Partner Andrew suggested a pragmatic approach which was well suited to the parties and the resolution of the dispute. Counsel for mediation party.

Andrew Bershadski

Andrew specialises in international group claims, clinical negligence, personal injury and employment work. Andrew’s group litigation work includes acting for the defendant in Kadie Kalma v African Minerals [2020] EWCA Civ 144 in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Andrew was instructed in the Gemfields litigation involving the operation of a ruby mine in Mozambique, and is currently instructed in Wambura v Barrick TZ Ltd, which involves the operation of a gold mine in Tanzania. He has acted on behalf of over 4,000 claimants following the loss of compensation monies paid out under a settlement arising out of the dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast (Agouman v Leigh Day [2016] EWHC 1324 (QB)). Andrew has a large clinical negligence and personal injury practice. He has, for example, recently acted at trial in a case involving alleged unnecessary and unconsented-for surgery for pancreatic cancer (Sarah Pepper v Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 310) and a case in which causation of a signet ring cell colorectal cancer is disputed. His appellate work includes appearing before the Privy Council in Kamal Williams v Bermuda Hospitals Board [2016] AC 888.

Anna Hughes

Anna is a very experienced advocate who regularly advises on complex and high value matters arising from clinical negligence and personal injury disputes. She also has considerable experience in the fields of travel and foreign claims, product liability and private international law. Anna is sought after by clients for her enviable cross-examination skills, and her keen eye for detail and unflappable manner mean that she is the go to choice for tricky, multi-party disputes. Recent notable cases include acting for the leading manufacturer of a female sterilisation device in a large product claim; successfully representing an NHS Trust in an amputation case in the High Court; successfully representing an NHS Trust in a claim involving diagnosis of Cauda Equina in the High Court; securing discontinuance mid-trial of a claim against an NHS Trust in relation to alleged negligence in the management of a complex dermatology condition; securing discontinuance at Trial of a claim against a urology consultant; acting for a leading Chinese airline in relation to a pilot’s claim for injury at work; and acting for the insurer of a Polish driver accused of causing an accident in England which left two passengers dead and seriously injured two others.

Austin Mahler

Austin’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and insolvency, specialising in construction, insurance, product liability, and property damage. He also has experience in cross-border arbitration and travel law. Austin is instructed in the ongoing Dame Linda Dobbs Review into Lloyds Banking Group.

Benjamin Phelps

Benjamin Phelps’s practice focuses on private international law: jurisdiction and applicable law, group litigation, product liability, property damage and commercial and employment litigation.

Benjamin Browne KC

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. International cases include Carrara v Collins and Gibraltar Health Authority. Catastrophic brain injury sustained by claimant in road traffic accident in Gibraltar. Sullivan v The Care Agency [Gibraltar 2024], Balwah v Surgi-Med Clinic [2019] and Trinidad & Tobago Court of Appeal [2024] medical malpractice case. 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.

Bob Moxon Browne KC

Described by Chambers UK as “an amazing courtroom presence” who is “completely bulletproof”, Bob is recognised as a leader of the Bar in Professional Negligence, Insurance and Property Damage. Heading the Professional Negligence Group at 2 Temple Gardens, he is an authoritative advocate with huge experience of indemnification and other insurance issues. His reputation is for an informal hands on style, and robust advocacy, while an amiable and relaxed manner belies a capacity for meticulous attention to the detail of complex cases, and, when necessary ferocious cross-examination. He works for and against accountants, solicitors, valuers and surveyors, as well as construction industry professionals, especially in cases about the allocation of responsibility within multi-disciplinary teams. Bob’s background is in insurance law with long experience of subrogated recoveries in cases involving fire, flood and other catastrophic events, policy construction questions and repudiation for fraud. He retains a special interest in life and critical illness issues, and is often counsel of choice for insurers and reinsurers interested in these risks. Bob’s impressive record of appearances in reported cases, many of them landmark Court of Appeal authorities in his areas of specialisation, attest to the depth and width of his experience, and the success which he enjoys as a top-rated Queen’s Counsel.

Bradley Martin KC

Bradley is a specialist clinical negligence silk. His practice covers all aspects of clinical negligence for claimants and defendants, in particular brain damage, spinal injury (especially spinal surgery), amputation and other high value claims. He represented the defendant at first instance through to the Supreme Court in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50, the landmark case about the duties of non-clinical NHS staff. He has expertise in dealing with the most complex quantum cases. For many years, he has been recommended as a leading clinical negligence barrister by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Bradley has significant experience of product liability claims, including group litigation (most recently in the vaginal mesh litigation) and has undertaken personal injury and professional disciplinary work throughout his career.

Caroline Harrison KC

Specialising in clinical negligence and medical law (especially concerning research & genetics; and including data protection and issues regarding medical records); complex personal injury litigation; related professional indemnity insurance; and health and safety claims. Principal work involves neo-natal and adult brain damage; spinal injury; death; psychiatric injury; chronic pain and a broad range of diagnostic and treatment errors in primary and tertiary care. Professional indemnity work usually relates to under-settlement or mismanagement of medical claims. The majority of Caroline's work involves very complex medical or legal issues. Acts for both claimants and defendants in all areas of her work.

Charles Dougherty KC

Charles specialises in commercial law, in particular commercial fraud, professional negligence, product liability, group litigation, private international law (including travel) and insurance. Recent cases include: Various Eateries v Allianz [2024] 2 All ER 414 (Covid business interruption); Diesel Emissions Litigation; Roberts v SSAFA [2023] AC 597 (applicable law and contribution); PDVSA v Clyde & Co [2020] Lloyd's Rep. F.C. 580 (arbitration, trusts and proceeds of crime); Brazil v Durant [2016] AC 297 (backwards tracing); Mitsui Sumitomo v MOPC [2016] AC 1488 (Liability under Riot (Damages) Act 1886 following August 2011 riots); Schubert Murphy v Law Society [2018] PNLR 4 (whether duty of care owed by Law Society).

Christopher Lundie

An experienced advocate with extensive expertise in the Business & Property Courts, including the appellate courts. His practice covers various different sectors including banking, financial services, energy, property investment and development. He has particular expertise in shareholder disputes, business acquisition disputes, the misuse of commercial data, internal corporate disputes, directors duties, trusts (including off-shore work), related employment, professional negligence and private international work. In addition to trial and arbitration work he has significant experience in obtaining urgent interim relief, including freezing injunctions, search orders and other related injunctive relief. Also qualified as a mediator and arbitrator.

Christopher Russell

Renowned as a specialist in personal injury. An advocate with particular strengths in claims for psychiatric damage, especially stress, bullying, abuse and harassment, and for brain and spinal injury, occupational disease, fatal claims and all types of catastrophic injury. He also has expertise in environmental health, product liability (especially in relation to food), health and safely and other regulatory work. He is an advocate of enormous experience, is particularly in demand for cases requiring a high level of sensitivity and diplomacy with either client, opponent or judge. He is long established as a teacher of advocacy and trainer of advocacy teachers, and is often invited to teach advocacy oversees. Notable cases: B v C [2017 – ongoing] – claim for sexual abuse of B, a vulnerable woman with learning difficulties, who had been placed in work experience by a charitable organisation to foster an earning capacity. Consent, duty of care and vicarious liability. AFC 1 – 21 v C [2016 – ongoing] – multi-claimant litigation for psychiatric injuries due to “non-tactile” abuse committed by housemaster/teacher at boarding school who filmed pupils engaged in private and sexual activities alone and with each other for his own gratification.

Clare Brown

Clare is on the Treasury A Panel and is frequently instructed by the Government in the highest profile public law cases. She has a background as acting as Counsel to the Inquiry in a number of public inquiries and previously worked for the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and for the Ombudsman of Human Rights in Bosnia. Public Inquiries: Clare is currently the Lead Junior representing HMRC in the Covid Inquiry. She was previously Junior Counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (Lambeth Investigation). This follows a long background of public inquiry work, having previously been Junior Counsel in one of the Northern Ireland Public Inquiries (the Rosemary Nelson Inquiry) and Junior Counsel to an NHS inquiry into sexual abuse (the Kerr Haslam Inquiry). Group Litigation: Clare was previously instructed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the multi-million pound Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation brought by over 40,000 “Mau Mau” and related claimants in respect of their experiences in colonial Kenya during the 1950s. Disclosure: She advised the Ministry of Defence on complex disclosure matters, including Public Interest Immunity issues, in her role as the lead junior in one of the “Combat Immunity” cases arising out of the Iraq conflict. She has also led a team of junior counsel, instructed by the Government, in relation to disclosure issues related to the “Kamoka” litigation, concerning allegations of rendition and ill treatment sustained in Libya, brought against the British Government. Public Law: Clare has been instructed in cases before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal and the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (led by Sir James Eadie KC). She was previously a Special Advocate. Whilst her current practice focuses on Public Law she has a background of a broad practice encompassing personal injury and clinical negligence. She was the junior to Dermod O’Brien KC in the case of Horton v Sadler [2006] UKHL 27 in the House of Lords instructed by the Motor Insurers Bureau. She also undertakes some academic work and is a part time Senior Lecturer on the Bar Professional Training Course.

Daniel Crowley

Daniel Crowley is a very experienced trial lawyer. He has fought dozens of cases to trial. He is very experienced in appeals to the Court of Appeal where he has fought many appeals, mostly alone and without a leader. He specialises in insurance, construction and engineering, professional liability, product liability/property damage, commercial litigation, and arbitration. He is a Fellow of the CIArb and a Chartered Arbitrator. He acts as an advocate in international arbitrations including acting for (i) Claimant South American company in cross-border contractual claim; (ii) international energy and process contractor in ICC arbitrations (a) claim for variations and delay and disruption; and (b) claims arising from conversion of a coal fired power station to biomass in France. He sits as an arbitrator on party and institutional appointments. Commercial Disputes Barrister of the Year, Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2016.

David Thomas

David Thomas is an experienced junior with particular interests in property damage, insurance, product liability and professional negligence work. He takes on extensive advocacy and advisory work for both claimants and defendants. Since 2018 David has been representing a core participant in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. He has developed a deep understanding of the legislative and regulatory requirements of construction and fire safety in this context. This enables him to provide commercial, practical advice on the many issues currently being raised over the remediation of tall buildings. He also advises and appears in a wide range of property damage proceedings including flood, fire, landslip, tree root subsidence, malicious damage and defective premises claims. David’s property damage practice is complimented by his insurance and professional negligence work; which give him experience of insurance coverage disputes across a wide range of written lines, as well as broad experience of claims against legal and construction professionals. David has advised extensively on the various insurance and professional liability repercussions arising out of the ‘cladding crisis’, and in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside his general insurance work, David has a specialist practice pursuing and defending claims on permanent health, critical illness (and similar) insurance policies. David has also developed a niche practice in respect of art insurance related disputes.

Doré Green

Property damage and professional indemnity, in particular construction professionals, brokers' negligence and utilities; commercial insurance and product liability, in particular complex claims, coverage and indemnity, with a heavy insurance-based practice.

Emily Albou

Emily Albou has significant experience in a broad range of commercial disputes, both litigation and arbitration, in the UK and overseas with a particular focus on commercial fraud claims. Her areas of interest include international arbitration and litigation on subjects including banking, fraud, IP/IT, construction, travel, sport and insurance. Emily’s practice spans the Middle East (she has rights of audience before the DIFC Courts) and as a native French speaker is ideally placed to assist in claims involving French-language elements.

Emma Catia Walker

Emma specialises in disputes concerning complex commercial, insurance, employment, and international arbitration, across a range of industry sectors – in particular commercial, insurance, banking, construction, and energy. Emma has also been instructed in both domestic and international regulatory matters. She has acted in ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, UNCITRAL and SCC arbitrations. She is regularly instructed in disputes concerning or relating to the Middle East and is DIFC Part II registered. Emma is also an accredited mediator and has authorisation from the Bar Standards Board to undertake Public Access work. Before joining 2TG, Emma practised as Counsel at 3 international law firms, working alongside solicitor teams on a regular basis, addressing matters from the point of engagement to end of trial, where necessary.

Eswar Kalidasan

Eswar joined Chambers in 2023 following successful completion of his pupillage, and practises in all of Chambers’ areas of expertise. He has particular interest in sports, employment, civil fraud, product liability, private international law, and general commercial matters.

Gareth Shires

Gareth has significant group litigation experience and handles all manner of claims, including consumer, environmental, data privacy and medical product actions, and has experience of cross-border and foreign law issues. He also maintains a broad commercial practice and handles clinical negligence matters. Previous group litigation instructions include: the VW NOx Emissions Litigation; the British Airways Data Event Litigation, group litigation against Ticketmaster and Equifax, and JJML SUI and POP Products Litigation. Current instructions include: Pan-NOx Emissions Litigation, representing various claimant groups in claims against, among others, Mercedes, Ford, Peugeot and Renault. Essure Medical Product Litigation, representing women affected by the use of the Essure contraceptive device. Mass data breach claims against a number of household names.

Harry Trusted

Barrister at 2 Temple Gardens. Nationwide practice in catastrophic clinical negligence and personal injury work, representing both claimants and defendants. Nominated for Legal 500 Personal Injury Junior of the Year 2024. Please see the 2TG website for further details of professional recommendations: https://www.2tg.co.uk/profile/harry-trusted/

Harry Peto

Harry Peto has a busy practice across many of Chambers’ core areas, with a particular focus on personal injury, clinical negligence, employment, public law and inquiries. He acts for both Claimants and Defendants across a wide range of claims, including in relation to claims involving allegations of fundamental dishonesty. Harry is on the Government Legal Department’s junior junior scheme and has been instructed many times by the GLD, especially in cases brought against the Ministry of Justice. He regularly contributes to newsletters, writing in relation to personal injury, civil procedure, costs and employment law. In addition to his Chambers work, Harry undertakes pro bono work for Bail for Immigration Detainees, Advocate and the Anti Trafficking and Labour Unit.

Hayley McLorinan

Hayley practises in employment, personal injury and contractual disputes on behalf of claimants and defendants. She acts for public authorities, NHS Trusts and private employers. Her experience covers unfair dismissal, including constructive unfair dismissal, redundancy, equal pay, discrimination and victimisation, wrongful dismissal and TUPE claims. Appeared in the EAT on behalf of the John Lewis Partnership, responding to an appeal against a successful costs application by the partnership and separately for the JLP, acted in a claim of sexual harassment and victimisation where the male claimant alleged that he had been sexually harassed by a 67-year-old female colleague. Acted for a local authority respondent in an age discrimination claim arising from the repeal of the default retirement age. For an NHS Trust responding to a claim of unfair dismissal where the employer dismissed on grounds of gross misconduct and the claimant raised gender reassignment as mitigation for his actions. For a claimant in her claim for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination against an NHS Trust. The claimant succeeded in her claim for unfair dismissal, received an award in excess of the cap and obtained an award for 95% of her costs up to the decision on liability and 100% thereafter. For a respondent NHS Trust at a PHR in which the respondent successfully sought strike out of the claimant’s claim of race discrimination. Hayley’s personal injury work includes, for the Treasury Solicitor, advising the prison service in relation to personal injury claims brought both by employees and prisoners, and claims for false imprisonment, often raising human rights issues. Hayley has wide experience of general contractual disputes, including claims involving the sale and supply of goods and services. She is regularly instructed in credit hire litigation. She regularly represents the Post Office in claims involving the Postal Services Act 2000. Hayley was led by Christopher Lundie in the Court of Appeal in Milner v Carnival PLC [2010] EWCA Civ 389 CA, a landmark Court of Appeal decision on the assessment of damages for loss of enjoyment and diminution of value in holiday claims.

Helen Bell

Helen specialises in claims at the interface between personal injury and employment law, including claims for bullying and harassment, occupational stress and disability discrimination, acting primarily for Defendants/Respondents. She has particular expertise in claims for psychiatric injury consequent upon sexual harassment/assault. She is an experienced and effective advocate and negotiator and is highly regarded for her ability to apply her first-class legal knowledge to high value cases involving complex issues of law, fact or expert evidence. Her hard working, personable approach and ability to give clear, commercial and pragmatic advice ensures she is consistently sought after. Recent cases: (1) acting for Defendant investment company in respect of a multi-million pound High Court claim for damages for psychiatric injury arising out of alleged bullying and harassment in the course of employment (2) acting for Defendant hospital trust in relation to its alleged vicarious liability for a serious sexual assault of one of its employees by a colleague (3) acting for Respondent EL insurer in appeal against a tribunal’s judgment dismissing a high value claim for disability discrimination brought against it, exceptionally, under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (3) acting for Claimant banker in Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination following summary dismissal and related high court claim for damages for personal injury and breach of contract.

Helen Wolstenholme

Practice areas: Personal injury, clinical negligence, travel and jurisdiction.

Henry Morton Jack

Henry’s experience encompasses sale and supply of goods and services, credit hire litigation, a landmark ruling on assessment of damages for a ruined holiday, insurance claims, claimant and defendant personal injury and sports related work, as well as applications involving all aspects of civil procedure. He worked extensively on Milner v Carnival PLC [2010] EWCA Civ 389 CA, a landmark Court of Appeal decision on assessment of damages. He has experience of insurance claims concerning policy interpretation, avoidance of cover for nondisclosure, misrepresentation and breach of notification clauses. Henry has experience of both claimant and defendant personal injury work. He has experience of claims involving the Motor Insurers’ Bureau and credit hire issues, as well as claims arising from road traffic accidents and package tour holidays. He is also interested in sports injuries. Cases include: a successful appeal against a Rugby Football Club which refused to disclose the name of one of its players, thereby preventing the claimant from bringing a personal injury action against the tortfeasor – the appeal involved detailed consideration of the Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction and its application in a sports law context; a negligent football tackle by an amateur player, including advising on a successful strike out application pursuant to a Gravil v Carroll argument on vicarious liability; an injury to a spectator at a professional football match which included allegations of aggressive crowd management and victimisation by both the football ground’s security staff and the local police; an injury to a child in a sports/recreational centre arising from the installation of allegedly dangerous play equipment; An injury to a tennis player sustained in Menorca, which involved consideration of local standards and liability under foreign law for sports-related injuries.

Howard Palmer KC

Howard Palmer QC is particularly respected for his experience in insurance of employers’ liability, public liability, product liability and motor insurance risks. In addition, he has wide experience of national and international litigation and arbitration, including conflicts of laws and jurisdiction issues involving international travel and insurance. He acts for Claimants as well as domestic and foreign insurers and reinsurers. He has been instructed in appeals to the Supreme Court in Durham v BAI (EL, asbestos 2012), Jacobs v MIB (motor, uninsured foreign claims 2011) and Brownlie v Four Seasons (foreign jurisdiction 2016). In motor insurance he appeared in Charlton v Fisher (CA 2002), Bristol v Williams (CA 2012) and Nemeti v Sabre Insurance (CA 2013). Recent cases include Transform Medical v Travelers Insurance (2015 - Product Liability Insurance), Wagenaar (CA 2014 Foreign skiing accident). His practice includes expertise in construction and engineering contracts, fire and flood recoveries and professional negligence. He has been admitted ad hoc to the Bar of Brunei, and has acted as an expert in English Law in foreign insurance and product liability cases.

Jack Harris

Jack is an experienced advocate with a practice that covers a broad range of common law and commercial disputes. He has particular expertise in bringing and defending high value and complex personal injury claims and property damage claims arising from subsidence, fire and flooding.

James Partridge

James accepts instructions across the full range of Chambers’ work. He has a particular interest in commercial, employment, private international law and property damage litigation. Highlights of James’ recent and current work include: Al Jaber & Ors v Salfiti & Ors[2021] – acting (led by Olivier Kalfon and Zac Sammour) in a multi-million pound cross-border fraud claim concerning allegations of conspiracy and breaches of fiduciary duties. Rowe & Ors v Angermann Goddard & Lloyd[2021] – acting (led by Timothy Killen) for a defendant quantity surveying company in a multi-million pound dispute concerning the proper valuation of land held by a family trust. O’Toole v Demarca Gaming Limited[2020] – acting as sole counsel for the defendant in a successful jurisdiction challenge to a contract claim against a Maltese casino. Oakley v EE Ltd[2021] – acting as sole counsel for the claimant in her successful claims for constructive dismissal, unfair dismissal, disability discrimination and harassment against a major telephone network provider.

Jennifer Gray

Jennifer specialises in all areas of immigration, asylum human rights and employment law. She is a member of the Attorney General’s Panel Counsel to the Crown (B Panel) and an experienced advocate, appearing regularly in the Administrative Court, Upper Tribunal (IAC) and Employment Tribunals.

Jessica van der Meer

Jessica’s work embraces a wide range of Chambers’ specialisations: negligence, commercial, international, public and sports law. In addition, she practices in WTO and International Trade Law, offering a unique perspective as a former economist. She has advised companies and the UK Government on Brexit and its trade-related consequences. She was seconded to the Bank of England’s EU Withdrawal Unit, advising on international trade matters, including WTO and BIT issues. Her work at the Bank of England has placed her at the forefront of Brexit and its implications. She regularly advised the Governors on EU and UK legal matters that impacted Brexit, in addition to her advisory work on international trade. In Chambers, she specialises in negligence and commercial matters, with a particular interest in international trade, contractual, insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence and property damage.

John William McDonald

Extensive experience of motor insurance claims, including coverage issues and contribution between insurers. Cases include Sahin v Havard [2017] 1 WLR 1853, Pinn & Guo v. Zenith Insurance (2014), Clarke and Clarke v MIB [2012] EWHC 2118, Harvey v MIB [2011] and McCall v Poulton & MIB [2009] RTR 11. Long experience of disease claims (esp asbestos, but also deafness, dermatitis and WRULD) for claimants and defendants (eg Smith v. Portswood [2016] EWHC 939, Prater v. British Motor Holdings (2016) Lawtel). Particular interest in stress and harassment claims (e.g. Mullen v Accenture [2010] EWHC 2336) and defending fraudulent/exaggerated claims (e.g. Singh v O'Shea [2009] EWHC 1251). Instructed in cases involving complex technical and accounting issues. Related practice areas include property and construction litigation. PUBLICATIONS: Contributor to Injury Times, PILJ.

Jonathan de Rohan

Common law and insurance practice including personal injury claims, professional negligence and property damage and nuisance claims, in particular fire, flood and tree roots subsidence for many local authority clients. Extensive background in contract & commercial, real property and landlord & tenant law brings additional expertise to bear on leasehold property damage claims and to professional negligence actions involving conveyancing and construction professionals. Considerable experience of large scale, complex, document-heavy litigation, in particular as successful junior in Re: Landhurst Leasing a directors’ disqualification case. He regularly advises personal injury, buildings and other insurers on a broad range of contractual issues including coverage and subrogation. A busy claimant and defendant personal injury practice covering the whole spectrum of liability and quantum disputes, in particular employers’ liability, industrial disease, occupiers’ and public liability, product liability, RTAs and the MIB and Animals Act cases. He has an interest in sporting and dangerous pursuits, regularly advising in winter sports, football, rugby and cricket cases; he acted extensively for the defendant club in parachuting and gliding accidents including catastrophic and fatal cases. Experienced trial and interlocutory advocate in most civil and criminal courts and tribunals including inquests, in particular for Spanish cinema seating manufacturer, Figueras, in Re: Ateeq Rafiq (deceased) in the Birmingham Coroner’s Court in 2019. Considerable experience of settling and arguing complex and high-value schedules and counter schedules of loss and of cross-examining experts in many different fields. Notable cases: Purbrick v. London Borough of Hackney [2004] 1 P&CR 34 Re: Landhurst Leasing [1999] BCLC 286, Ch.D Smith v. Donelon & Co. Ltd (1998) LTL, CA Cuthbert v. Bannister (1998) LTL, CA Kelsey Housing Association v. King [1995] 28 HLR 270, CA

Kate Legh

Kate’s practice focuses primarily on product liability, property damage, employment, clinical negligence, insurance and commercial disputes. Kate has a particular interest in cases involving issues of jurisdiction and conflicts of law.

Lucas Fear-Segal

Lucas Fear-Segal's practice is focussed on insurance, property damage, and professional negligence claims.

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Lucy Wyles KC

Lucy specialises in the areas of personal injury, travel, private international law and clinical negligence. She is regularly instructed to act in catastrophic personal injury claims arising from accidents abroad. She has considerable expertise in dealing with claims with an international element, involving jurisdiction and choice of law disputes, and other aspects of travel law. She has wide experience of substantial claims resulting from holiday incidents, sports accidents, road traffic accidents and illness and disease claims. Recent reported cases include: Graham v Fidelidade: jurisdiction issues in respect of accident in Portugal; Wood v Foyer Assurances: fatal accident in Belgium; Rowbottom v Howard: claim for catastrophic motorcycling injuries; Lambert v MIB: application of Spanish law in motorcycle track day accident; Pandya v Intersalonika: brain-injury claim time-barred under Greek law; Syred v PZU and HDI: application of Polish law to claims for catastrophic injuries; Cook v Virgin Media Ltd: Court of Appeal case on forum non conveniens between Scotland and England.

Marie Louise Kinsler KC

Marie Louise Kinsler KC specialises in private international law. She is sought after for her expertise on jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement in a broad range of international claims. She has particular experience in insurance, travel law cases and group claims involving environmental law and human rights. Marie Louise has appeared in a number of landmark conflicts cases in the Supreme Court, including the Brownlie litigation [2021] UKSC 45, Vedanta Resources plc v Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20, Iraqi Civilians v Ministry of Defence [2016] UKSC 25 and Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2014] UKSC. Other notable cases include: HRH Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell plc, Laserpoint v Prime Minister of Malta [2016], XL v AXA [2016] Lloyd’s Rep 420, Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers [2014]. She is highly experienced in working with foreign lawyers in both English and foreign court proceedings as well as in arbitrations. Clients benefit from Marie Louise’s academic work in private international law which she has pursued alongside her practice at the Bar. In recent years this has included teaching the International Commercial Litigation course at Cambridge University with Professor Richard Fentiman KC (hon). In 2021, in recognition of her expertise on choice of law, she was appointed as the National Rapporteur for the UK and Ireland for the European Commission’s 2021 review into the application of Rome II in the Member States.

Martin Porter KC

A leading personal injury specialist with particular experience of clinical negligence, industrial disease, brain damage, psychiatric injury and cycling claims. Also has considerable experience of professional negligence (especially of solicitors and surveyors), insurance work and public law/human rights.

Meghann McTague

Meghann McTague is a highly experienced senior junior instructed in complex, multi-party disputes with specialist knowledge of cross-border claims. Group litigation has been the focus of Meghann’s practice for several years: the subject of which claims include product liability, mass torts, and catastrophic and fatal personal injury claims, in particular those involving complex psychiatric injury. The unitary claims in which Meghann is instructed involve a range of practice areas including cross-border claims, life sciences, product liability and catastrophic personal injury claims, in particular involving catastrophic brain injuries. Meghann has been instructed by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea as junior counsel in relation to the civil claims arising out of the fire at Grenfell Tower since June 2020. Meghann has also been instructed in other high-profile group claims including: the Pan NOx Emissions Litigation, the Covid Care Homes claims and a group of claims involving allegations of modern slavery. Meghann was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2019 and is a recommended junior in Chambers and Partners She is described as being “an outstanding barrister”. Meghann was shortlisted by Chambers and Partners as Personal Injury Junior of the Year in 2023/2024. In her cross-border practice, Meghann regularly advises clients on complex jurisdictional disputes and conflict of laws and has a wealth of experience of fatal and catastrophic injury claims including those involving the Package Travel Regulations 1992, the Montreal Convention and the Athens Convention.

Michael de Navarro KC

Personal injury, clinical and professional negligence, insurance and health and safety at work.

Neil Moody KC

Insurance and reinsurance: coverage disputes, policy construction, fraudulent and exaggerated claims. Property damage and product liability, especially arising from fires, explosions, subsidence and floods. Construction and utilities claims. Professional negligence: particularly claims against architects, engineers, surveyors, other construction professionals and insurance brokers. International arbitration. 2TG Co-Head of Insurance, Head of Property Damage.

Niazi Fetto KC

Niazi undertakes high-value and complex personal injury (EL/PL) and clinical negligence matters, including group litigation. He has an accompanying specialism in employment law, and is sought after in cases calling for expertise in both employer’s liability and employment litigation. His current and recent caseload features high profile, multi-million pound industrial disease, physical/sexual abuse, and discrimination, bullying and harassment claims. A highly experienced inquests and inquiries advocate, he is head of the 2TG Inquests and Inquiries group, and is presently acting for two core participants in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Across his practice, he is regularly instructed in claims involving points of wide importance and/or at the frontier of a particular area of law. A substantial proportion of his work has a cross-border element. Recent major cases include the Huntercombe Hospitals group litigation (2023, ongoing), a test case on Employment Tribunals�� jurisdiction in disability discrimination claims by HIV sufferers, Sivaji v MoD [2021] EWCA Civ 1163, in which the Court of Appeal clarified the ‘show cause’ jurisdiction in mesothelioma claims, and the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation (2018), the largest group action ever to have been brought against the UK government.

Nina Unthank

Nina specialises in the areas of clinical negligence and personal injury and is regularly instructed to act in high value and complex matters. Recent notable cases in the field of clinical negligence include matters involving alleged failure to diagnose and treat cauda equina syndrome, alleged failure to treat spinal infection, alleged failure to diagnose and treat coarctation of the aorta leading to stroke, birth related injuries including shoulder dystocia, hysterectomy and brain damage, alleged failure to provide reasonable antibiotic therapy following surgery resulting in meningitis and significant brain injury, alleged hypoxic brain injury after undergoing a Whipple’s procedure, alleged failure to diagnose and treat breast cancer, alleged negligent performance of an open sigmoid colectomy procedure, alleged negligently performed hip replacement, alleged failure to diagnose and treat lung cancer, alleged delayed diagnosis of caecal cancer, lingual nerve damage arising from an allegedly negligent extraction of a wisdom tooth, failure to treat meningitis, post- operative care following pharyngeal pouch operation, alleged failures by opticians and the ambulance service and fatal accidents. Recent notable cases in the field of personal injury include acting for insurers in claims involving fundamental dishonesty both in the fields of road traffic and employers’ liability, disability, defending claims arising out of accidents on inflatable water rides, inflatable table football, ski slopes and ice skating rinks, chronic pain, accidents at work and tripping claims.

Paige Mason-Thom

Paige’s main specialisms are clinical negligence and personal injury, complemented by notable experience in product liability and private international law. She has a particular interest in cases with complex questions of causation and quantum and those which stand at the boundary of different practice areas. Paige is an experienced trial advocate who regularly represents clients in the High Court, County Court and in settlement negotiations. She is frequently instructed to advise in complex and high-value matters, both as a Junior and as Sole Counsel, and has considerable experience in handling large volumes of technical and medical expert evidence. Paige is recognised for her perceptive analysis of cases and ability to deal tactfully with sensitive issues and difficult witnesses.

Poppy Blackshaw

Poppy practises in all of Chambers’ areas of expertise. She has a particular interest in clinical negligence, personal injury, employment, private international, property damage and insurance matters. Poppy has advised a wide range of clients, from the NHS to the MIB. She has a busy court practice, appearing regularly in the County Court and advises as sole counsel in a wide range of areas. She also accepts instructions as junior counsel.

Rehana Azib KC

Rehana Azib KC has a very well-established practice in employment and personal injury litigation, especially occupational stress, harassment, and discrimination claims. She is head of the 2TG Employment Law Group and a Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple. She was named Barrister of the Year 2021 at the Inspirational Women in Law awards and named by The Lawyer in July 2019 as one of the top 3 busiest female juniors in the EAT. She is very highly regarded for her advocacy skills, with a reputation as a formidable advocate. She is an Advanced Advocacy Trainer for the Inner Temple, teaching advocacy nationally and internationally for the Inner Temple, including at the International Criminal Court and SEC International Advanced Advocacy Course. She frequently teaches cross-examination of expert witnesses. She has particular expertise in dealing with cross-over employment and personal injury claims for stress, harassment and discrimination, including discrimination in sports. She is able to successfully handle all aspects of such claims in each jurisdiction, including dealing with any estoppel issues arising from multiple proceedings. Rehana’s expertise and reputation is well-recognised. She was appointed to the Independent Panel investigating cricketer Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of race discrimination against Yorkshire County Cricket Club, completing the final report in August 2021. This has been described as “one of the most seismic to be produced in English cricket” (Independent, August 2021), and will have an impact on English cricket for years to come. She co-authored Litigating Psychiatric Injury Claims (Bloomsbury Professional) – a practitioner’s guide to dealing with psychiatric injury, harassment and discrimination claims. Rehana deals with numerous high value claims including in the High Court, EAT and the Court of Appeal. Reported cases include NAS v ESHNHST [2019] 4 WLUK, KPK v George, Alexander and Secretary of State for BEIS [2018] 1 WLUK 549 (EAT) and Yovonie v East Sussex NHS Trust [2018] EWHC 2328 (QB). Rehana has been a guest speaker on BBC World News on equality issues in the workplace and was a specialist panel speaker at the BBC’s first ever 100 Women event, which was broadcast internationally. She won the National Asian Women of Achievement Award in 2009 for Young Achiever of the Year, and was shortlisted in 2021 for the Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion award at the Chambers UK Bar Awards. Publications: Litigating Psychiatric Injury Claims, Bloomsbury Professional 2012.

Robert Cumming

Robert has a specialist practice in two core areas: commercial and employment litigation; and clinical negligence and personal injury litigation. He frequently represents clients in trial before the High Court and has appeared in appellate courts (as sole counsel) on numerous occasions. He has particular experience in private international law group actions brought in the English courts by foreign claimants against multinational corporations (often based in Africa). Highlights of his recent and current work include: Kadie Kalma & ors v Tonkolili Iron Ore (SL) Ltd [2018] EWHC 120 (QB); and ongoing; Suetta v (1) Auld (2) MIB (ongoing); JJML Pelvic Organ Prolapse (ongoing); Optical Express litigation (ongoing); Hawkins v York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2017].

Roger Harris

Roger Harris is an experienced advocate who specialises in clinical negligence and catastrophic personal injury claims. He has appeared in a number of the leading cases relating to vicarious liability for intentional torts, including the Supreme Court case of Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC and is instructed in historic sexual abuse cases. He has a particular specialism in cases involving the Animals Act and farming matters generally and is regularly instructed on behalf of leading racehorse trainers. His clinical negligence practice includes a particular focus on issues relating to consent, cauda equina and oncology claims. He has previously been shortlisted for the Chambers and Partners ‘Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Junior of the Year’ and is Head of the 2 Temple Gardens Common Law Group.

Sam Stevens

Sam’s main areas of practice are employment, public law and inquiries, clinical negligence and product liability. He is an expert in issues of private international law, which cut across these practice areas.

Sarah Vaughan Jones KC

Clinical negligence, conducting civil proceedings for claimants and defendants. High Court cases include A v University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHST [2015] EWHC 366 QB: assessment of damages in case of cerebral palsy of maximum severity; Reeve v Heart of England NHST [24.05.2011]: cerebral palsy claim. Registrar’s attendance delayed as busy in theatre with another patient; Smithers v Taunton & Somerset NHST [2004] EWHC 1179: (with Stephen Miller KC: obstetric emergency where clinicians inextricably occupied with alternative procedure); Rashid v Essex Rivers Healthcare NHST [2004] EWHC 1338: (no liability for Erbs palsy in posterior shoulder). Before taking Silk in 2008 Sarah presented cases regularly on behalf of the General Dental Council and the General Medical Council and conducted several of the leading cases in the Privy Council on behalf of the GMC/GDC, in particular: Silver v General Medical Council [2003] UKPC 33 (test for serious professional misconduct); Crabbie v General Medical Council [2002] UKPC 45: (correct approach by Professional Conduct Committee to applications to refer to Health Committee); Dad v General Dental Council [2000] 1 WLR 1538: (principles applicable to conviction cases).

Sonia Nolten KC

Sonia took silk in 2023, having long been recommended as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. She is an experienced commercial dispute practitioner specialising in insurance, professional negligence and property damage. The directories have described her as an “an impressive advocate” who is “forensic, sensible and pragmatic,” is “really collaborative” and “understands the key drivers for clients in terms of commercial awareness.” Sonia is equally at home whether leading or performing her role in a team, acting as advocate and negotiator, and advising clients on sensitive issues and tough tactical decisions. Her focus is always on helping clients to identify and achieve their best commercial, professional and personal outcomes, both in and beyond litigation. Sonia has been involved in a succession of high-profile cases, up to and including the Supreme Court. Over the years she has litigated damage claims of all kinds involving product liability, domestic and commercial fires, explosions, floods, collapses, subsidence, landslips, and claims involving arson and defective design, products and working methods. She has developed a significant practice in nuisances arising from the spread of fire, escape of dangerous substances, and those involving loss of amenity, business interruption and financial loss. She has litigated many damage claims with a real property element, such as interference with easements, trespass and reinstatement/insurance issues between landlord and tenant. Sonia has a lively commercial litigation practice, and has been instructed in numerous commercial disputes, including arbitral proceedings, raising issues including: employee or director fraud; breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, knowing receipt, dishonest assistance, conspiracy, conversion and receipt of bribes; the construction and validity of contracts, including penalty, liquidated damage, evergreen and insolvency clauses; construction of joint venture agreements and of letters of credit; undue influence and capacity issues; directors’ duties, partnership disputes and shareholder disputes. Her insurance practice includes coverage issues, policy construction, fraudulent/exaggerated claims, with a particular expertise in life/health insurance. Professional negligence is usually related to her other fields of expertise and comprises claims against insurance brokers, legal professionals and construction professionals. Sonia is a Barrister Governing Bencher of the Inner Temple, acts as its Senior Bench Auditor and is Chair of its Finance Committee. In this role she has oversight of the finances of all 9 of the Inn’s departments. She has served on the Inn’s Executive Committee for more than a decade, acquiring considerable experience of the corporate governance of an organisation which is both a large members’ association and a commercial landlord in the City of London.

Steven Flynn

Sports law; Domestic and International commercial litigation and arbitration; Disciplinary and Regulatory; Partnerships. Steven is a sports law specialist who is frequently retained to deal with issues of significant importance, advising various participants including professional athletes, teams, governing bodies, agents, and players’ associations on contractual, commercial, and regulatory matters. Away from the sports sector, Steven’s practice is directed towards business protection. He is regularly instructed to deal with issues arising from employment contracts, breach of confidence, partnerships, restrictive covenants, and shareholder rights/obligations, both in the UK and internationally. He has a particular interest in cross-jurisdiction contracts and conflict of laws issues. Steven has a wealth of experience in arbitration, representing commercial and sporting clients before a vast array of domestic and international arbitral tribunals, as well as dealing with challenges before the Courts. Steven also accepts appointments to sit as a sole arbitrator or as a member of a panel (including as chair). He has been admitted as a Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and appointed to the Sport Resolution Arbitration Panel.

Timothy Killen

Tim specialises in commercial disputes and arbitrations, with particular knowledge and experience across a number of industry sectors, particularly in financial services, insurance and reinsurance, building and construction, and energy. Tim’s practice encompasses various areas of specialist commercial law including expertise in commercial fraud, private international law, international trade and professional negligence. Many of Tim’s cases have an international element, and he has notable familiarity with disputes in and concerning the Middle East.

Tom Fairclough

Tom is a junior barrister with particular expertise in Product Liability, Professional Negligence, Personal Injury, Property Damage, and Commercial Litigation, usually where conflicts of laws and/or group litigation issues arise. Tom is frequently instructed in the most high profile and complex litigation in his practice areas and acts for both Claimants and Defendants. Tom’s current led work includes acting in the BMW NOx Diesel Emissions Group Litigation/Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation, the Grenfell Tower Litigation, the Odey Litigation, and Limbu and ors v Dyson Technology Ltd and ors. Tom’s recent unled work includes acting in a contested registration and enforcement of a Singaporean judgment, acting in a claim involving an alleged serious sexual assault in the Middle East, advising in a matter relating to cosmetic surgery performed abroad alleged to have caused cancer, and acting in a claim involving a corroded hull that caused a vessel to sink in the EU.

William Wraight MRCS(Eng)

Clinical negligence and personal injury, acting for claimants and defendants. Notable cases include acting for the NHS in the Ian Paterson Breast Surgery Litigation, led by Michael de Navarro QC, and cases involving suicide of a psychiatric patient, obstetric brachial plexus injury, catastrophic bleeding during bronchoscopy procedure, bile leaks following partial liver resection and after laparoscopy, delayed diagnoses of cancer, failures to thrombolyse acute stroke, brain infection following ENT surgery, delayed diagnoses of spinal cord tumours and infections, nerve injury following regional nerve block anaesthesia, failure to diagnose PAPVD, delayed diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome with acute arm ischaemia, tricuspid valve replacement for candida endocarditis, and iatrogenic coronary artery dissection during angiography.

William Clerk

Will specialises in commercial law, insurance law, civil fraud, and sports law. His experience spans a number of industry sectors both domestically and internationally: manufacturing and logistics; technology; energy; insurance and reinsurance; construction and development; financial services; and sport. Will’s commercial practice deals with a wide range of litigation and arbitration (increasingly with international and cross border elements) concerning: general commercial and contractual disputes; director / shareholder and partner disputes (including s.994 petitions and good/bad leaver disputes); employment disputes (particularly restrictive covenants, wrongful diversion of business and misappropriation of confidential information); professional negligence; and sports disputes. Will’s insurance practice is split equally between advising and acting in subrogated recovery claims, and advising and acting on issues of coverage, joint insurance, contribution and non-disclosure. Across both his commercial and insurance practices, Will is highly sought after by clients for claims containing allegations of fraud, dishonesty or deliberate wrongdoing and where applications for urgent injunctive relief are required to be made / resisted including applications for freezing orders (domestic and worldwide); search orders; imaging orders; prohibitory and springboard injunctions; and Norwich Pharmacal orders. In addition, Will has a specialist and thriving sports law practice, and is one of the few individual barristers regularly instructed by major UK and international sports governing bodies on a variety of high-profile matters across a number of different sports including motorsports, football, rugby, and cricket.

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