A strong regional set with a wide-ranging depth of experience in cases involving fatal accidents, industrial disease, brain injuries, and catastrophic spinal injuries.”
Employers’ Liability Team

Christopher Sharp KC
- Call: 1975
- Silk: 1999

Matthew Phillips KC
- Call: 1993
- Silk: 2017

Richard Stead
- Call: 1979

Andrew McLaughlin
- Call: 1993

Matthew White
- Call: 1997

Julian Horne
- Call: 1998

Justin Valentine
- Call: 1999

Darren Lewis
- Call: 2004

Louise Asprey
- Call: 2007

Patrick West
- Call: 2007

Jimmy Barber
- Call: 2008

James Marwick
- Call: 2008

Ben Handy
- Call: 2008

James Hughes
- Call: 2011

Rachel Segal
- Call: 2013

Sophie Howard
- Call: 2016

Jonathan Lindfield
- Call: 2017

Rhodri Jones
- Call: 2017

Lauren Karmel
- Call: 2017

David Forster
- Call: 2018

Tara-Lynn Poole
- Call: 2019

Beatrice Baskett
- Call: 2021

Sarah Riley
- Call: 2021
Derek O'Sullivan KC
- Call: 1990
- Silk: 2006
Cases
- Cases
- Cases
Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK [2019] EWHC 842 (QB); [2019] PIQR P16
- Cases
Percy Leonard McDonald v (1) Department for Communities and Local Government; and (2) National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC [2013] EWCA Civ 1346
- Cases
Hide v The Steeplechase Company (Cheltenham) Limited & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 545
- Cases
Young v Merthyr Tydfil CBC [2009] PIQR P23
Resources
- Article
The Denton Resource 2025
Directory Quotes
A market-leading set on the Western Circuit, St John’s Chambers is well regarded for its formidable personal injury offering.”
St John’s Chambers is ‘an impressive set with a number of high-quality barristers’, praised by some as ‘the strongest set in the South West for claimant personal injury litigation’.
St John’s Chambers has a wide breadth of expertise and experience.’ ‘ They are always able to offer available counsel at the right level on any case.’ “
A market-leading set, well regarded for its formidable personal injury offering. Its barristers regularly act for and advise both claimant and defendant clients, including numerous key insurance companies, in high-value catastrophic and fatal injury claims.”
A market-leading set on the Western Circuit, St John’s Chambers is well regarded for its formidable personal injury offering. ‘The quality of advice provided by the barristers is exceptional.’ “
St John’s Chambers houses a comprehensive set of barristers in its personal injury team, which is praised by clients for its strength in depth.”
A market-leading set on the Western Circuit, St John’s Chambers is well regarded for its formidable personal injury offering.”
A strong regional set with a wide-ranging depth of experience in cases involving fatal accidents, industrial disease, brain injuries, and catastrophic spinal injuries.”
Seminars & Events
- Past Event
Catastrophic and serious injuries conference - life ending and life shortening accidents
Venue: Bristol Beacon, Trenchard St, Bristol BS1 5AR - Past Event
Clinical negligence conference: 24 hours in A&E - medical claims in an emergency setting
Venue: St George's, just off Park Street, Bristol - Past Event
The essential toolkit seminar - Bristol
Venue: Radisson Blu, Bristol
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