Professional liability

1 Chancery Lane is recognised for legal, insurance, financial services, real estate and construction professional negligence work, and is particularly noted for its ‘unique specialism’ in claims concerning local authorities and the education sector. Members act for both claimants and defendants in hard-fought cases concerning such allegations as breach of duty, misrepresentation and fraud.
Barristers for Professional Liability
Simon Readhead QC
Call: 1979 , QC: 2006
John Ross QC
Call: 1971 , QC: 2001
Edward Faulks QC
Call: 1973 , QC: 1996
Andrew Warnock QC
Call: 1993 , QC: 2012
John Bryant
Call: 1976
Andrew Goodman
Call: 1978
Nicholas Yell
Call: 1979
Julian Waters
Call: 1986
Marc Rivalland
Call: 1987
Justin Althaus
Call: 1988
Geoffrey Weddell
Call: 1989
Maurice Rifat
Call: 1990
Paul Stagg
Call: 1994
Zachary Bredemear
Call: 1996
Simon Trigger
Call: 2000
Laura Johnson
Call: 2001
Saleem Khalid
Call: 2001
Jack Harding
Call: 2004
Andrew Spencer
Call: 2004
Ian Clarke
Call: 2005
Roderick Abbott
Call: 2006
Lisa Dobie
Call: 2006
Tom Collins
Call: 2010
Conor Kennedy
Call: 2011
Francesca O'Neill
Call: 2012
Ella Davis
Call: 2013
Katie Ayres
Call: 2014
Richard Collier
Call: 2016
Dominique Smith
Call: 2016
Susanna Bennett
Call: 2017
Simon Readhead
Call: 1979, QC: 2006
sreadhead@1chancerylane.com
John Ross
Call: 1971, QC: 2001
jross@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Edward Faulks
Call: 1973, QC: 1996
efaulks@1chancerylane.com
020 7092 2900
Andrew Warnock
Call: 1993, QC: 2012
awarnock@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
John Bryant
Call: 1976
jbryant@1chancerylane.com
Andrew Goodman
Call: 1978
agoodman@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Nicholas Yell
Call: 1979
nyell@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Julian Waters
Call: 1986
jwaters@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Marc Rivalland
Call: 1987
mrivalland@1chancerylane.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-rivalland-21043913/
0207 092 2900
Justin Althaus
Call: 1988
jalthaus@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Geoffrey Weddell
Call: 1989
gweddell@1chancerylane.com
Maurice Rifat
Call: 1990
clerksgroup@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Paul Stagg
Call: 1994
pstagg@1chancerylane.com
Zachary Bredemear
Call: 1996
zbredemear@1chancerylane.com
Simon Trigger
Call: 2000
strigger@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Laura Johnson
Call: 2001
ljohnson@1chancerylane.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-johnson-b821b75b/
0207 092 2900
Saleem Khalid
Call: 2001
skhalid@1chancerylane.com
Jack Harding
Call: 2004
jharding@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Andrew Spencer
Call: 2004
aspencer@1chancerylane.com
Ian Clarke
Call: 2005
iclarke@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Roderick Abbott
Call: 2006
rabbott@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Lisa Dobie
Call: 2006
ldobie@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Tom Collins
Call: 2010
tcollins@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Conor Kennedy
Call: 2011
ckennedy@1chancerylane.com
Francesca O'Neill
Call: 2012
foneill@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Ella Davis
Call: 2013
edavis@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Katie Ayres
Call: 2014
kayres@1chancerylane.com
0207 092 2900
Richard Collier
Call: 2016
rcollier@1chancerylane.com
Dominique Smith
Call: 2016
dsmith@1chancerylane.com
Susanna Bennett
Call: 2017
sbennett@1chancerylane.com
020 7092 2900

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‘considerable expertise and depth of talent in the field of professional indemnity’
‘excellence at every level’ Legal 500 2018, Professional Negligence
‘Many of their instructions involve novel points of law.’ Chambers & Partners 2018, Professional Negligence
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  • Personal Injury
    Delivering ‘a consistently high-standard’ service, 1 Chancery Lane’s Personal Injury practice is closely linked to its extensive expertise across the public law spectrum. With one of the largest Personal Injury teams in the sector, offering both silks and juniors, areas of niche expertise include claims relating to child abuse, industrial disease, occupiers’ liability, product liability, public liability, road traffic, and sports incidents, as well as fraudulent claims and insurance-related work, inquests and public authority claims and inquiries.
    Other services: Motor Fraud
  • Public Authority Claims & Inquiries
    1 Chancery Lane acts for both claimants and defendants on a broad range of claims brought against local authorities, police forces and emergency services, education providers, care homes and housing associations. Members of chambers have particular expertise in human rights and other civil liberties matters; claims relating to care home regulation, child care proceedings and child abuse investigations; education-related matters; and the practice and processes of the Administrative Court and of advising public bodies as to the lawfulness of their actions.
    Other services: Police Law
  • Travel & Cross Border Claims
    Recognised as the pre-eminent travel set members of 1 Chancery Lane’s Travel Law team act for solicitors and their clients as well as directly for tour operators, airlines, cruise operators, trade associations, tourist boards, charities and insurers (home and overseas). Offering some of the leading silks and juniors in this field, members are adept at dealing with the full range of personal injury matters, including cases concerning catastrophic injury, fatalities, illness claims and group actions. The set is particularly known for its expertise in package travel claims and issues concerning liability, jurisdiction and applicable law.
  • Professional Liability
    1 Chancery Lane is recognised for legal, insurance, financial services, real estate and construction professional negligence work, and is particularly noted for its ‘unique specialism’ in claims concerning local authorities and the education sector. Members act for both claimants and defendants in hard-fought cases concerning such allegations as breach of duty, misrepresentation and fraud.
  • Property, Chancery & Commercial
    The Property, Chancery & Commercial team at 1 Chancery Lane has over 25 members of varying seniority led by sought-after and highly skilled practitioners. Our members are regularly instructed in high profile cases such as P&P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP [2018] EWCA 1082 (liability of solicitors and estate agents for acts of fraudster), Wells v Devani [2019] UKSC 4 (estate agent's entitlement to commission) and Stoffel & Co v Grondona [2018] EWCA 2031 (application of illegality defence in conveyancing negligence claim and soon to be heard in the Supreme Court).
  • Medical Law
    Reported as a ‘technically strong’ team, with ‘far-reaching expertise’ 1 Chancery Lane offers one of the largest, specialist medical law and clinical negligence teams in the sector. Acting on large, multi-party actions as well as individual cases, members of 1 Chancery Lane specialise in claims relating to organ retention, cervical screening, human growth hormone, cardiac surgery, HIV/haemophilia, fatal accidents and catastrophic injuries (particularly those involving the spine or birth trauma), mental illness, as well as those concerning consent and safeguarding, human rights, difficult causation and quantum issues, inquests, inquiries, GMC and GDC regulatory cases and other professional disciplinary tribunals.

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