Author(s)
Lee
Collishaw
Patrick has been ranked in the Chambers UK Bar 2018 Guide for Personal Injury (Band 1) and highlighted in the Industrial Disease Spotlight Table.
He is a highly regarded personal injury silk with vast experience in disease claims. He has particular expertise in matters involving occupational cancer and is praised by solicitors for his straightforward approach to issues.
Strengths:
“He is the pre-eminent silk for disease-related injury issues in the country.”
“He has an unrivalled reputation for diseases and regulatory work.”
“Patrick adopts a hands-on, no-fuss, collaborative approach with his instructing solicitors, providing support and guidance throughout with the sole aim of getting the very best outcome for the client.”
Recent work:
Acted for the defendant in Zurich Insurance -v- IEGL, a landmark Supreme Court appeal establishing a new right concerning the recoverability of costs for insurers in mesothelioma claims.
Ropewalk Chambers has once again achieved recognition as a leading set in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500. We continue to demonstrate our position as market-leaders in multiple areas of law by ranking as a ‘Top Tier’ set in multiple areas. Our Personal Injury Group is ranked as a top tier set and is…
In Toure v Ken Wilkins Print [2024] IRLR 282 The Employment Appeal Tribunal considered an appeal by the claimant who had raised a grievance against his employer alleging that he had been racially abused. The grievance was not upheld, the employer concluding that the alleged incidents had not taken place. The employee appealed, but in…
The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on 14 March 2024, dismissing two conjoined appeals in cases of mesothelioma arising from asbestos exposure in the 1950s, Executors of the Estate of Thomas Albert White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (”White”) and Executrix of the Estate of Derek Barry Cuthbert v…
