Our team of specialists, including seven QCs, act for a multitude of clients in all forms of personal injury – from high value, complex catastrophic injury claims to disputes in the small claims court – enabling us to service a wide range of advocacy and advisory work, nationwide. Our team’s experience in other associated areas, such as clinical negligence, costs work, product liability and professional regulatory disputes, allow us to provide a fully comprehensive service giving our clients the option of maintaining continuity throughout the entire course of personal injury cases.
We are considered one of the leading sets in the country in disease litigation. Our team was influential in the largest ever multiple party claim, the Vibration White Finger Group Litigation, involving around 130,000 claimants and total compensation payments in excess of £1.5 billion.
Chambers has particular expertise in criminal injuries compensation cases. Ben Collins QC is a leading expert in this area, having appeared in almost all of the major cases in the field in recent years, and our barristers have extensive experience representing injured victims of crime, in particular where both civil and statutory compensation is in issue. They routinely represent prison officers, police officers, hospital staff and other workers who are vulnerable to assault at work and are well placed to advise in respect of both statutory compensation and civil liability.
In addition, Chambers is able to draw on its in-depth knowledge of health and safety in order to provide expert representation in public inquiries concerned with major accidents or disasters. We have extensive experience of public inquiry work, dealing with a wide variety of subjects and representing a range of interested parties – including victims, bereaved families, trade unions and public servants at inquests – and the sensitive issues surrounding such actions.
Our team will consider undertaking work on conditional fee agreements in appropriate cases.
Our team of specialists, including seven QCs, act for a multitude of clients in all forms of personal injury – from high value, complex catastrophic injury claims to disputes in the small claims court – enabling us to service a wide range of advocacy and advisory work, nationwide. Our team’s experience in other associated areas, such as clinical negligence, costs work, product liability and professional regulatory disputes, allow us to provide a fully comprehensive service giving our clients the option of maintaining continuity throughout the entire course of personal injury cases.
We are considered one of the leading sets in the country in disease litigation. Our team was influential in the largest ever multiple party claim, the Vibration White Finger Group Litigation, involving around 130,000 claimants and total compensation payments in excess of £1.5 billion.
Chambers has particular expertise in criminal injuries compensation cases. Ben Collins QC is a leading expert in this area, having appeared in almost all of the major cases in the field in recent years, and our barristers have extensive experience representing injured victims of crime, in particular where both civil and statutory compensation is in issue. They routinely represent prison officers, police officers, hospital staff and other workers who are vulnerable to assault at work and are well placed to advise in respect of both statutory compensation and civil liability.
In addition, Chambers is able to draw on its in-depth knowledge of health and safety in order to provide expert representation in public inquiries concerned with major accidents or disasters. We have extensive experience of public inquiry work, dealing with a wide variety of subjects and representing a range of interested parties – including victims, bereaved families, trade unions and public servants at inquests – and the sensitive issues surrounding such actions.
Our team will consider undertaking work on conditional fee agreements in appropriate cases.
“Old Square Chambers is noted for its strong representation of both claimant and defendant clients, garnering frequent instructions from leading solicitors' firms as well as several insurers. The group handles a wide range of personal injury matters, drawing on the set's expertise in related areas such as product liability, clinical negligence, health and safety and public inquiries and inquests. Members are highly regarded for their handling of catastrophic injury and fatal accident claims, particularly those involving complex issues of quantum. Industrial disease work is also a core strength for the set.' The clerks respond very quickly and nothing's ever too much trouble for them. They are very attuned to instructing solicitors' needs.' ”
“Old Square Chambers is ‘a strong set, particularly at junior level’, meaning it ‘pretty much has someone who is right for each case’. Indeed, at junior level the team ‘provides a quality of advice well beyond their experience’. The set is ‘very well respected’, thanks to ‘a good supply of highly regarded, specialist and experienced barristers’. ”
“Old Square Chambers is ‘an excellent set that delivers high-quality advice’ and ‘enjoys a good reputation for personal injury work ’. The ‘expert’ barristers are ‘adept in dealing with the full range of catastrophic and serious injury cases’. ”
“Traditionally known for its representation of claimants in high-stakes personal injury cases, the set also acts on behalf of defendants, including household-name insurers. Barristers are "efficient" and "approachable." The clerks are “very good and go the extra mile for you.” ”
“Acclaimed for its accessibility, bench strength and the breadth of its members' expertise, Old Square Chambers is home to specialists in every field of personal injury. Sources note the set's professionalism, and comment favourably on the service offered: "They provide very useful seminars and letters to keep you abreast of changes in the law." "The clerks, led by William Meade, are incredibly helpful; nothing's too much trouble. They're second to none." This set is a “hothouse of talent that is home to some of the circuit’s key individuals.” It has both clerks and barristers who are seen as accessible and accommodating ”
“Old Square Chambers has ‘over the years, demonstrated a very high standard in personal injury work’. ”