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Lee
Collishaw
We are delighted to announce that we have secured 19 individual rankings in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2018.
Ropewalk Chambers has an established team of barristers who are specialists in the field of personal injury. The set is recognised for its broad mandate, ranging from industrial disease cases to abuse, RTA and stress claims. Members are regularly instructed by both defendants and claimants, with a recent highlight being Zurich Insurance -v- IEGL, a Supreme Court judgment granting insurers a new right when it comes to recovering costs in mesothelioma claims. Interviewees depict Ropewalk’s barristers as “approachable” and “able to provide an excellent service on a wide range of issues.“
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…
