Jamie Clarke has more than 25 years’ experience in his core practice areas of catastrophic / utmost severity personal injury litigation, industrial disease (including asbestos, NIHL, HAVS, workplace cancers), workplace stress, clinical negligence and professional negligence disputes arising out of those areas of practice. In recent years Jamie has become increasingly recognised for ‘abuse’/neglect claims, including historical sexual abuse claims involving schools and celebrities and contemporaneous cases of neglect in regulated care / nursing homes.
He complements his core practice areas with acknowledged expertise in related areas such as costs, inquests and coverage / indemnity disputes. Jamie has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of the conduct of injury and disease litigation, such as costs budgeting, limitation, experts’ disputes, withdrawal of admissions, disclosure/inspection, deployment of surveillance material and settling counter schedules.
Jamie has successfully secured “fundamental dishonesty” rulings at trial, leading to enforceable adverse costs orders. He also has experience of obtaining enforceable wasted costs orders following strike out.
Jamie has a reputation as a highly effective and determined trial advocate, with a strong work ethic and focus on providing his clients with an enhanced level of service. Jamie gained recognition in the Legal 500 2019, who remarked that he is ‘reliable, thorough and forensic counsel who can see the bigger picture’. In 2021, the Legal 500 reported “Jamie is annoyingly good as an opponent. Confident, assured and very reliable. He is always very well prepared and enthusiastic about his instructions.”
In recent years, Jamie has enjoyed a very high success rate at trial as well as securing highly favourable outcomes for his clients in settlement meetings and mediations, as well as at early stage interim hearings. Clients have remarked on Jamie’s technical and tactical insight, balanced with an accessible and determined approach. Jamie welcomes the opportunity to be involved from the earliest possible stages of a claim in order to provide strategic advice tailored to his clients’ particular commercial and personal objectives.
In April 2020 Jamie was amongst the pioneers of remote trials, bringing in a multi-day trial via Skype below insurers’ low, historic Part 36 offer. Throughout the lockdown, Jamie has been consistently busy with remote hearings, including trials, and remote ADR meetings.
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- Forever Chemicals: Litigation, Liability and Insurance Coverage
- Jamie Clarke successful before Court of Appeal in sports injury claim arising out of a rugby union match, having also succeeded at trial in 2024: Clark v Elbanna [2025] EWCA Civ. 776
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- Forever Chemicals: Litigation, Liability and Insurance Coverage
- Jamie Clarke successful before Court of Appeal in sports injury claim arising out of a rugby union match, having also succeeded at trial in 2024: Clark v Elbanna [2025] EWCA Civ. 776
Qualifications
MA(Hons) Jurisprudence, Christ Church, Oxford (1994)
Memberships
- Personal Injuries Bar Association
- Professional Negligence Bar Association
- British Insurance Law Association
- FOIL
Appointments
- from 1 September 2024 London A-panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown
- Council Member (Board Director), Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales (ICLR)
- Yarmouth Harbour Commissioner
- Panel Member, London Borough of Lambeth (Schools) Admissions and Exclusions Appeals Tribunal
- Panel Reviewer for Advocate, the pro bono charity of the Bar
- Advocacy trainer, Gray’s Inn
- Former elected member Gray’s Inn Barristers’ Committee
Rankings
Recommendations
“Jamie is a go-to senior junior.”…”He remains at the top of his game. His dedication, tenacity and forensic skills are second to none.”
Chambers & Partners, 2026
“He has an excellent knowledge of complex disease litigation.”
Legal 500, 2026
“Jamie is a supremely effective operator in all he does – when crafting his case, at the negotiation table or on his feet.”…”He has got absolutely top-class forensic skills – great with experts and clients alike.”…”Jamie enthusiastically throws himself into each and every case and is a shrewd tactician.”
Chambers & Partners, 2025
“When he advises you have full confidence that he has considered all aspects of the case. In court he is unflappable.”
Legal 500, 2025
“Jamie is exceptionally gifted with a great ability to grasp complex issues and work in collaboration with instructing solicitors and clients.”… “His pleadings are always excellent and his attention to detail is first rate.”…”He is brilliantly smooth, an excellent advocate with a real way around the courtroom.”
Chambers & Partners, 2024
“Jamie is meticulous in his attention to detail. He is extraordinarily thorough.”
Legal 500, 2024
“He prepares the case brilliantly, has a wonderful way with witnesses and is a tenacious advocate.”
Chambers & Partners, 2023
“Jamie’s ability to drill down through complex medical issues to assess that which is important as to liability or causation is excellent.”
Chambers & Partners, 2023
‘A top-class performer at the junior bar in personal injury work. Always calm and polite.’
Legal 500, 2023
“Tenacious yet silky smooth in all that he does – a consummate negotiator.”
Legal 500, 2022
Very thorough and always has an eye on tactics two or three steps ahead. He is friendly, approachable and very quick to respond, which is a great comfort as the pace of litigation quickens.”
Chambers & Partners, 2022
“Jamie is annoyingly good as an opponent. Confident, assured and very reliable. Is always very well-prepared and enthusiastic about his instructions.”
Legal 500, 2021
“He is excellent, easy to work with, has great attention to detail and technical knowledge, and is clear and concise.”
Chambers & Partners, 2022
