PATRICK FIELD QC

Call 1981     Gray’s Inn
Queen’s Counsel 2000

Personal injuries

Professional negligence 

Common Law 

Chancery and Commercial 

Crime


Business crime and regulatory

 


LLB (London)

field@deanscourt.co.uk

‘Very highly thought of’
– Legal 500, 2006
‘Can explain a complex problem in a simple way’
– Chambers UK, 2006
‘A thorough understanding of medico-legal matters’
– Chambers UK, 2008
‘A strong reputation across a wide variety of personal injury cases.’
– Chambers UK, 2009
'articulate, client-friendly and an impressive advocate'
- Chambers UK 2010
'a great strategist and negotiator.'
- Legal 500, 2010
"ability to run rings around people" in the courtroom. He is acknowledged as someone who "really builds a rapport with the client."
Chambers UK, 2011
'is recommended for high value catastrophic injury claims'
- Legal 500, 2011
'focuses on catastrophic brain and spinal injuries.'
- Chambers UK, 2012 

Legal 500

Individual

Appointment

Recorder 2000

Education

Wilmslow County Grammar School and
King’s College, London (LLB)

Areas of Practice

Personal injuries
Professional liability
Crime
Health safety and regulatory

Professional Associations

Professional Negligence Bar Association
Personal Injuries Bar Association
Health and Safety Lawyers Association

Reported Cases

Barnes -v-Scout Association [2010] EWCA Civ 1476
S-v-Rochdale MBC [2008] EWHC 3283 (Fam) (Human Rights)
R-v-D and others [2007] EWCA Crim 2485
Re T&N [2006] EWHC 1447 (Ch) (Scheme of arrangement in espect of asbestos related claims)
R (on the application of the DPP) -v- Chorley JJ and Forrest [2006] EWHC 1795
Viasystems -v- Thermal Transfer [2005] EWCA Civ 1151
Jackson -v- Marley Davenport [2005] PIQR P412
Hatton -v- Chafes [2003] PNLR 24
Rowley -v- Empire Stores [1996] PIQR P412
Jaundrill -v- Gillett 30th January 1996, Court of Appeal
Bradley -v- Eagle Star [1989] AC 957
R -v- Salford Area Health Authority ex parte Janaway [1989] AC 537
Gillick -v- West Norfolk & Wisbech AHA [1986] 1 AC 112