Areas of Practice

Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence 

Cloisters has an excellent reputation in personal injury and clinical negligence, as recognised by the leading legal directories. Members of chambers act for both claimants and defendants, and have appeared in many significant cases.

Personal Injury

The Cloisters Personal Injury Team had a very strong 2005, appearing in many landmark cases. One of their specialisms is in cases involving occupational stress or bullying at work, which contain elements of both personal injury and employment law.

Members have experience in a wide range of personal injury law and related areas including:

• Abuse/assault claims
• Acoustic shock
• Animals Act claims
• Causation
• Claims against local authorities
• Criminal injuries compensation
• Fatal accidents
• Industrial disease
• Inquests
• Limitation
• Military accidents
• MIB claims
• Occupational injury
• Product liability
• Road traffic accidents
• Sports injuries
• Traumatic brain injury
• Vicarious liability
• Workplace bullying

Clinical Negligence

Members of the Cloisters Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Team brought in more than £60m for claimants last year. They handle a full range of cases, including cases worth more than £5m.

Members have experience in a wide range of clinical negligence law and related areas including:

• Birth injury and other brain injury cases
• Cancer – delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis
• Cases arising in all medical specialties
• Causation
• Consent to treatment cases
• Inquests
• Limitation
• Medical and related disciplinary matters

 

Barristers

Robin Allen QC
Anna Beale
Andrew Buchan
Rachel Chambers
Sally Cowen
Olivia-Faith Dobbie
Will Dobson
Joel Donovan
Daniel Dyal
Simon Dyer
Sarah Fraser Butlin
Yvette Genn
Caspar Glyn
Patricia Hitchcock
Linda Jacobs
William Latimer-Sayer
Damian McCarthy
Martyn McLeish
John Mehrzad
Christopher Milsom
Caroline Musgrave
Adam Ohringer
Martin Seaward
Lisa Sullivan
Simon Taylor QC
Hannah Tucker

Cases

Gladwell v. Pengelly - December 2009
XXX -and- A STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY - November 2008
Mark Noble -and- Martin Raymond Owens - March 2008
Mark Noble - and - Martin Raymond Owens - March 2008
ex parte Callaghan - March 2008
Walker v. Inner London Crown Court - January 2008
A. v. Powys Local Health Board - December 2007
A (suing by her litigation friend Mrs. H) -and- Powys Local Health Board - December 2007
Whipps Cross University NHS Trust -and- Khazar Iqbal (by his mother & litigation friend Irene Iqbal) - November 2007
JOSH HARCOURT - and - (1) FEF GRIFFIN OF PEGASUS GYMNASTICS CLUB (2)OVIDIU RUGINA (3) IQNUT TRANDABURU - June 2007
Sarwar v Ali & MIB [2007] - May 2007
Waseem Sarwar - and - Kamran Ali and Motor - May 2007
Harding v Wealands - February 2007
Hemmingway v Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority - February 2007
Warriner v Warriner - February 2007
Crofton v NHSLA - February 2007
Iqbal v Whipp Cross University Hospital NHS Trust - December 2006
McEvoy v Kent & Medway Towns Strategic Health Authority - November 2006
Crofton v NHSLA - November 2006
Majrowski v Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust - July 2006
B v Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust - July 2006
Mountenay & Ors v Bernard Matthews - July 2005
McDonnell - June 2005
McDonnell v Holwerda (2005) - June 2005
J v Carmarthenshire NHS Trust - May 2005
White v Lidl - April 2005
JD v East Berkshire NHS Trust - April 2005
National Union of Miners v RGB mining - April 2005
Lehane v Mollymaid - April 2005
Majrowski v Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust - March 2005
A v Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust & Ors - March 2005
Lee v Dr Mai Li & Ors - February 2005
W v West London Mental Health Hospitals NHS Trust - February 2005
Ditta v Ahmed - February 2005
Ball v Street - February 2005
Whitten v Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust - January 2005
Hartman v South Essex Mental Health and Community Care NHS Trust & Ors - January 2005
Cunningham & Ors v Orange plc - January 2005
X v Kent & Medway Towns Strategic Health Authority - January 2005
Hawley v Luminar Leisure plc, ASE Security Services Ltd and Faraday Underwriting - January 2005
C v North Bristol NHS Trust - December 2004
M v Home Office & Ors - December 2004
Darley-Jones v Ling - November 2004
W v Southend Hospitals NHS Trust - November 2004
Nichols v Swansea NHS Trust - November 2004
Finch v Southend Borough Council - October 2004
Oxfordshire County Council v Millward - August 2004
Edwards - July 2004
Dean v Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trusts - July 2004
Eastwood and another v Magnox Electricity plc - July 2004
Quddus Ali - July 2004
Walker v Co-Operative Insurance Services - July 2004
Townsley v Dewsbury - July 2004
Clark v Powell - June 2004
Rhind v Astbury Water Park - June 2004
Aguilar - May 2004
L v Home Office - April 2004
Barber v Somerset County Council - April 2004
Bremner v Barnet etc NHS Trust - March 2004
Peters - March 2004
Holt - January 2004
Cotton v National Blood Service & Ors - December 2003
Lucas v Barking etc NHS Trust - July 2003
Upton v Unusual Rigging Ltd - March 2003
Masterman-Lister v Jewell & Home Counties Dairies - December 2002
St George v Turner - May 2002
Wild v Stockport Health Authority - January 2001
Waters v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis - July 2000
Jolley v London Borough of Sutton - May 2000
Murphy v Headcorn Parachute Club - May 2000
Anthony Dudley v East Dorset Health Authority & Sydney Lubert - May 1998