Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

We have a large team of experienced practitioners in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation.

Members of the Personal Injury Group conduct cases at every level from the simplest to the most complex, high-value claims. Clients include both claimants and defendants, generally insurance companies. Most members will act under conditional fee arrangements in appropriate cases.

Many members of Chambers have experience in clinical negligence. We are able to offer expertise over the whole range of clinical negligence cases, including surgeons and hospital physicians, general practitioners, dental surgeons, nurses and midwives and other healthcare specialisms such as ophthalmics. 3PB barristers have acted in heavier clinical negligence matters such as brain damage cases and are familiar with claims which include Court of Protection and receivers' fees. We are experienced in cases at all levels of seriousness.

We have two highly experienced Queen's Counsel in our team. Nicholas Braslavsky specialises in clinical negligence, particularly orthopaedic, obstetric, gynaecological, intensive care, anaesthetics, vascular, accident and emergency, ophthalmic, ENT and neurology; and all aspects of personal injury. Nicholas Braslavsky contributes regularly to conferences on clinical negligence and procedure. Graham Wood practises mainly in clinical negligence and personal injury. He is co-author of Bingham's Negligence Cases and lectures frequently on civil law matters.

Members are involved in medical regulation. Several are legal assessors and advisers to bodies such as the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council and the General Osteopathic Council. Richard Tyson appears regularly to present cases for the General Medical Council before its Fitness to Practise Panels.

Peter Jennings has written on civil procedure and is an editor and author of Facts and Figures: Professional Negligence Bar Association Tables for the Calculation of Damages.

Nicholas Leviseur has an interest in cases where the issue of quantum involves considerable legal or factual complexity.

Cyrus Katrak has acted in high profile cases such as the 3M hip implant case.

Lectures and publications

Members have written and lectured extensively on clinical negligence and related topics.

3PB is fully accredited by both the Law Society and the Bar Council to give lectures and other training sessions qualifying for Continuing Professional Development points for both professions. Michael Parroy, Graham Wood, Nicholas Leviseur, Peter Jennings, Cyrus Katrak and others have been involved in teaching on a variety of civil law and procedural subjects variously in their Inns of Court, on circuit and within Chambers.