Stephen Killalea KC
Devereux ‘Superb in every respect. Wonderful trial advocate, excellent with clients, dogged and determined, will fight tooth and nail for his clients.’
Devereux Chambers‘s personal injury offering is composed of ’very experienced, tactically astute PI barristers’, predominately handling high-value and sophisticated disputes involving maximum severity brain, spinal and orthopaedic injuries, as well as psychiatric injuries stemming from assault or sexual abuse. In addition, the set’s mandates also include public liability claims involving police or local authorities with a Human Rights Act component. Robert Weir KC is a port of call in the chambers for appellate level disputes, recently acting in the TUI UK Ltd v Griffiths Supreme Court case concerning the court's powers to reject expert reports which the parties claim are uncontroverted. Christopher Walker notably was instructed on behalf of the claimant in Raymond-Scott v UK Research & Innovation, a case that arose from the non-freezing cold injury incurred by the claimant while working at the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica, and saw liability, causation and quantum all in dispute in an eight-day trial.
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Testimonials
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- 'Clerking is efficient and user-friendly. Cyrus Biggs and James Hudson are very helpful. '
- 'Superb chambers with a set of very experiences, tactically astute PI barristers. '
- 'Really strong with some excellent emerging junior barristers.'
- 'Strength in depth. Good range at silk level and all levels of junior counsel'
- 'Excellent set with some of the Bar's leading Counsel'
- 'Clerking is efficient and responsive - clerks are very experienced.'
- 'A great set at both junior and KC level'
- 'Chambers have a good selection of Counsel, available, at various levels of seniority.'
Silks
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Robert Weir KC
Devereux ‘Brilliant advocate both in court and at appellant level. Two brains. Clients like him. Currently the premier appellate advocate.’
Robert Glancy KC
Devereux ‘Robert is simply superb. Always puts clients at ease and always exceptionally prepared- a true safe pair of hands for the most complex of cases and a truly magnificent advocate.’
Juniors
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Colin Mendoza
Devereux ‘Colin is always thoroughly prepared and very tough in negotiations while very friendly with clients and experts.’
Christopher Walker
Devereux ‘Christopher is very detailed conscious and very thorough. He is excellent with clients.’
Jonathan Butters
Devereux ‘Jonathan is always really well prepared, has a keen eye for detail and is excellent with clients.’
Peter Edwards
Devereux
Robert Hunter
Devereux ‘Rob is extremely thorough leaving no stone unturned when going through papers and preparing his opinions. Very approachable and helps put clients at ease when dealing with complex issues.'
Stephen Cottrell
Devereux ‘He has incredible attention to detail and analytical ability. He always deals with instructions efficiently and finds practical solutions to the most challenging cases.’
Richard Cartwright
Devereux
Thomas Westwell
Devereux 'He has outstanding knowledge and his preparation is outstanding. He is tactically astute and an excellent negotiator.'
Harry Sheehan
Devereux Chambers ‘Harry is very responsive and helpful. He is also very thorough and provides detailed advices.’
John Platts-Mills
Devereux 'John is a skilled advocate, being conciliatory, where necessary, to obtain the best evidence from a witness. John is particularly skilled with the variety of claimants in personal injury cases - he can tailor all conferences to suit the particular claimant, and obtain the best evidence from them.'