Personal Injuries

We offer an enviable expertise in all areas of personal injury litigation:

  • Injuries of the utmost severity (eg Spinal injuries, Head injuries)
  • Class actions (eg Benzodiazepine litigation, Child abuse claims, Neighbourhood nuisance claims)
  • Industrial disease (asbestos disease, byssinosis, industrial asthma, legionella, mucous membrane disorder, noise induced deafness, repetitive limb disorders, VWF, Work-related upper limb disorders)
  • Road Traffic and factory accidents
  • Insurance (coverage litigation, Road Traffic Act and Motor Insurers' Bureau work)
  • Fraudulent claims
  • Mediation

Our personal injury team features on the panels of the major insurance companies.

Members of our personal injury team accept instructions on a conditional fee basis. Each case is considered on its merits. Details about our conditional fee agreements service can be obtained from our clerks.

We believe that we are part of a team acting in the best interests of the client.

The basis upon which we undertake this work is set out in our civil terms statement.

'Deans Court Chambers, the circuit leader for personal injury and clinical negligence work'
- Legal 500, 2005

'Deans Court Chambers' personal injury and clinical negligence group remains one of the handful of national standard teams on a regional circuit'
- Legal 500, 2005

'A set that demonstrates good coverage at all levels and provides an excellent nationwide service'
- Chambers UK, 2005

'Deans Court Chambers' outstanding national personal injury and clinical negligence group is consistently involved in complex, high-value litigation'
- Legal 500, 2006

'Deans Court Chambers continues to set the gold standard for personal injury advice in the North. The barristers provide an outstanding service.'
- Chambers UK, 2008

 

The Team

MARK TURNER QC, Head of Chambers
STEPHEN GRIME QC
DAVID STOCKDALE QC
PATRICK FIELD QC
CRAIG SEPHTON QC
PETER ATHERTON
TIMOTHY RYDER
RUTH TRIPPIER
PHILIP BUTLER
TIMOTHY SMITH
HUGH DAVIES
NICHOLAS GRIMSHAW
JONATHAN GRACE
TIMOTHY EDGE
PETER BURNS
SEBASTIAN CLEGG
DAVID BOYLE
SIMON McCANN
PAUL HIGGINS
RICHARD WHITEHALL
DANIEL PAUL
ROSS OLSON
PASCALE HICKS
ANTHONY SINGH
ROBERT McMASTER
ALEX POOLE
ALEX TAYLOR
WILLIAM TYLER
VICTORIA HEYWORTH
ANNA BENTLEY
MEGHANN McTAGUE
FLEUR KENNEDY
JONATHAN LALLY
CARLY WALTERS
VICTORIA HARRISON