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Ropewalk Chambers is ranked as a top tier set in the field of personal injury in the latest edition of the Legal 500. This is an outstanding achievement for our personal injury barristers. We have been described as offering “an excellent service together with outstanding barristers” with “a team able to advise and represent individuals and insurers in a full range of personal injury cases”.
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“Nottingham-headquartered Ropewalk Chambers’ personal injury offering is considered an ‘excellent service together with outstanding barristers’. Chambers has particular specialism related to the areas of industrial disease, as well a team able to advise and represent individuals and insurers in a full range of personal injury cases. The set is home to Jayne Adams QC and Richard Gregory, who are known for their industrial disease claims expertise; in this space Patrick Limb QC currently represents a number of airlines in claims brought by employees who allege a condition named aerotoxic syndrome. Damian Powell acted for six defendants in a case where the court is to determine whether welding plume inhalation can cause COPD.”
The following barristers are ranked for personal injury work in the Legal 500 2022: Jayne Adams QC, Patrick Limb QC, Richard Seabrook, Andrew McNamara, Jason Cox, Richard Gregory, Myles Jackson, Shilpa Shah, Christopher Lowe, Andrew Lyons, Edward James, Tom Panton, Damian Powell, Jonathan Owen, Kam Jaspal, Rochelle Rong, Georgina Crawford, Rachel Young, Georgina Cursham, Philip Davy, Cassandra Williams, Philip Godfrey and Thomas Herbert.
To see the full rankings for Ropewalk Chambers, please click here.
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