Date of Call: 1984 Silk: 2002

Recorder: 2003

Deputy High Court Judge: 2006

Arbitrator (CIArb) and Mediator (Cedr)

Patron of the Child Brain Injury Trust

Nationally recognised Silk who has dealt with and is dealing with the highest value and complex clinical negligence and personal injury claims and who has been involved with many record-breaking catastrophic injury claims and a Silk who has always been rated by all of the leading directories at the highest level.

Date of Call: 2008

Appointments: Attorney General’s civil ‘C’ panel

Education: BA (Hons) in Jurisprudence, the University of Oxford. LLM in Public Law (Merit), UCL

Awards: Distinction in Moderations from the University of Oxford, Exhibitioner of Brasenose College, Brasenose College Lovells prize for moderations, Wilfred Getz Scholarship from Gray’s Inn

Helen deals with personal injury and clinical negligence cases of the utmost severity and highest financial value, including fatality cases, for both Claimants and public body Defendants. She regularly appears in inquests and deals with the associated civil and human rights claims, securing consistently good outcomes. She is able to analyse the facts of a case incisively whilst also dealing with complex legal arguments and receives consistently excellent feedback for her client care and court-room manner.

Date of Call: 2011

Education: BA (Hons) and MA (Hons), The University of Cambridge. Certificate of Honour, The Honourable Society of Middle Temple

Vivienne deals with cases of the utmost severity, including cases of severe brain injury and serious spinal injury. She brings a wealth of experience, having acted for both Claimants and Defendants, and having acted at all stages including inquests, civil claims for damages, mental health and mental capacity, and regulatory intervention. She assists with high value cases involving multi-million-pound damages. She is very approachable yet robust and analytical. She is known for her clear advice, particularly in difficult areas of law or where the facts are particularly complex. She is adept at identifying a clear approach to complex issues of expert evidence.

Date of Call: 2017

Education: BA (Hons) in Jurisprudence, University of Oxford (Alan Urbach Memorial scholarship, Hogan Lovells scholarship); BPTC, City of London Law School (Gray’s Inn Sir Dingle Foot Scholar)

Awards: Michael Beloff Essay Prize (Gray’s Inn, 2017)
Sir Dingle Foot BPTC Scholarship (Gray’s Inn, 2015)
Alan Urbach Memorial Prize (University College Oxford, 2015)

As the most junior member of Chambers’ specialist group Siân accepts instructions to act in serious personal injury cases, with a particular focus on high value cases involving brain injury and serious spinal injury. She brings especially valuable experience of having worked on several high-profile clinical negligence matters in her role as a judicial assistant in the Court of Appeal.