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Clinical negligence

Guildhall Chambers

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Guildhall Chambers is ‘a great clinical negligence set with many members providing excellent advice’. ’Outstanding barrister’ Selena Plowden KC is ‘an accomplished silk, with a strong intellect and a robust courtroom manner’ and has notable experience in mental health and human rights cases. Sophie Holme predominantly handles cases concerning spinal surgical negligence, cancer diagnosis claims, birth-related bowel injuries, cauda equina and fatal and psychiatric negligence claims and has ’extremely measured and highly effective advocacy’. ‘Hardworking and sensible barrister’ Martin Lanchester acted for the claimant in Tate v Somerset Partnership Trust, where a patient lost his legs, allegedly due to negligent treatment. Kriti Upadhyay is another name of note.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Olive Kavanagh and Caroline Evans can always be relied upon. They are friendly and responsive to queries.'
  • 'Olive Kavanagh and Caroline Evans are outstanding clerks. They are very quick to respond to queries and are happy to answer any additional questions.'
  • 'The clerks' room is always helpful and responsive. Olive Kavanagh and Caroline Evans, in particular, will move things around to ensure their barristers can assist with cases and are entirely on top of things.'
  • 'Olive Kavanagh has a vast understanding of the work.'
  • 'Guildhall is a good chamber. The clerks are helpful and approachable.'
  • 'Guildhall Chambers is a big player on the Western Circuit.'
  • Guildhall Chambers is a very reliable set, with strong candidates for instruction at all levels and a good ethos for client care.'

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.
Selena Plowden KC
Guildhall Chambers
‘Selena is an exceptional silk. Her grasp of the medical issues is second to none. Her submissions are well-researched and carefully crafted, and she has the ear of the judge. She inspires confidence in her clients.’ 

Juniors

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.
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Sophie Holme
Guildhall Chambers
‘Sophie helps provide strategic guidance when needed and dilutes the issues on a complex case.’ 
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Kriti Upadhyay
Guildhall Chambers
‘Kirti is very approachable, thorough, detail orientated and prepared.’ 
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Philip Hughes
Guildhall Chambers
'Philip is an extremely capable barrister and very impressive. He has a great eye for detail and conducts himself very well.'
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Martin Lanchester
Guildhall Chambers
‘Martin is very competent and skilful at managing tricky, technical, financial dependency cases to a successful outcome.’ 

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