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The Supreme Court today handed down Judgment in Zurich -v- Hayward. This has been a ‘Ropewalk Chambers’ case throughout, Jayne Adams QC having been junior counsel from the issue of the original action as long ago as May 2001 and Patrick Limb QC for the purposes of the first Court of Appeal decision (a decade…

We are pleased to announce that Myles Jackson has accepted an invitation to join Chambers. Myles was called in 1995 and specialises in Personal Injury matters.

On Saturday 9th April 2016, Philip will be addressing the Personal Injuries Bar Association on Noise Induced Hearing Loss claims at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Philip’s entertaining talk, “Deafness for Dummies” covers fundamental aspects of legal principle and medical causation and reviews recent developments in this important area of industrial disease litigation. If you would…

Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court has been granted in the case of NA -v- Nottinghamshire County Council. Philip Davy represents the Claimant.

Jayne Adams has been ranked in the Chambers UK Bar 2017 for Personal Injury and is highlighted in the Disease Spotlight Table. Recent silk highly esteemed for her experience in industrial disease claims. She frequently handles matters involving fraud and is commended for her client care. Strengths: “Jayne has excellent attention to detail, is robust…

Nicholas has recently secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty in a claim by a taxi driver for personal injury which meant that the Claimant’s QUOCS protection was disapplied. However, the Court also accepted his submissions that QUOCS should not have been applied in any event in respect of a large claim for hire brought in…