Personal Injury

Crown Office Chambers undertakes all forms of personal injury and occupational disease work. This includes claims involving industrial accident, injuries of utmost severity, occupational disease, road traffic litigation, aviation and marine claims, disaster work, environmental claims and local authority based disputes. It forms a large part of the work which we undertake.

"One of the leading personal injury sets in the country, this first rate chambers has a very significant profile in the industrial disease field" (Chambers & Partners 2009). Chambers is recommended by all the specialist Legal Directories in personal injury. Many of those who practise in this field are identified individually in the directories as highly regarded. The size and resources of Crown Office Chambers enable us to offer our clients a greater choice of specialist advocates and advisers at all levels - even at short notice. Our recognised strength in depth and experience of team working in personal injury, disease and related costs claims has allowed the development of even higher standards of expertise.

Established Expertise in Personal Injury

Crown Office Chambers acts in all forms of personal injury, disease and related insurance work. Its members are retained for Claimants and Defendants and for every type of client whether large or small. The number of practitioners in Crown Office Chambers allows us to provide high calibre teams of counsel for the large and complex disputes. However we also have a reputation for the effective handling of claims which require the personal touch.

As a leading set in disease litigation, Crown Office Chambers has assembled many of the Bar’s leading practitioners in this area. Asbestos, stress, COSHH, work-related upper limb disorder, vibration white finger, dermatitis, asthma, cancer and deafness claims all figure widely in many members’ practices. Members are also involved in advisory work in emerging areas of contention, such as passive smoking, pharmaceutical, toxic mould, mobile telephone, pollution and DVT claims. They frequently act in related insurance litigation.

Chambers has also been active in many technical and innovative aspects of quantum litigation, most notably in catastrophic injury and rail disaster claims and in precedent setting authorities. It has been in the forefront of the use of structured settlements, periodical payments and flexible claim resolution formats. Costs litigation also figures prominently in a number of members' practices, and Chambers has a dedicated team who are expert in this field.

Several members have been involved in major litigation involving public bodies and their prospective liability in private law actions. Others specialise in environment-related and pollution claims.

Members of chambers undertake conditional fee agreements in appropriate cases. A personal injury service protocol is operated for those who wish to enter into it. ADR is extensively undertaken by members, and a fully equipped ADR suite is available for use at Crown Office Chambers.

Recent Cases

Recent cases in which members have been involved include:

Related Seminars

Past Seminars

Date Title/Area of Work Location Programme Book
26/11/2009 Current Issues in Personal Injury & Disease Litigation
 Personal Injury		 The Brewery, London View this programme (1078 kb) N/A
15/10/2009 Current Issues in Personal Injury and Disease Litigation
 Personal Injury		 V&A Marriott, Manchester View this programme (1078 kb) N/A
24/09/2009 Current Issues in Personal Injury and Disease Litigation
 Personal Injury		 St. James Park, Newcastle View this programme (1078 kb) N/A

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