Welcome to St Philips Chambers’ Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Practice
Personal Injury
Tier 2 ranked – Legal 500 Bar Rankings 2026
Our specialist personal injury barristers provide advice and representation primarily in the County Court and High Court. Our team covers all levels of claim, from Small Claims track all the way through to multimillion-pound High Court Claims.
The team is highly regarded for undertaking personal injury work across England and Wales, with several members ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500:
“St Philips have good strength in depth in personal injury and it is a pleasure to work with them.” Legal 500
“Very good, well organised, and always able to offer a suitable alternative if chosen counsel is not available.” Legal 500
“The clerks at St Philip’s Chambers are always happy to help, especially on short notice instructions.” Legal 500
Our barristers act for claimants and defendants including local authorities, employers, and statutory undertakers based in England and Wales and overseas.
St Philips Chambers is one of a small number of chambers which can provide continuity of counsel across:
- A health and safety prosecution, an inquest, and a personal injury claim;
- A driving offence, an inquest, and a personal injury claim.
Our personal injury work often crosses over with our health and safety, inquests, product liability, travel and cross-border, abuse and neglect, industrial disease, and property damage work and includes issues such as:
- Catastrophic personal injury;
- Road traffic accidents;
- Workplace accidents;
- Spinal injuries;
- Industrial disease;
- Occupational cancer;
- Fatal accidents;
- Occupier’s liability;
- Product liability;
- Highways;
- Animals;
- Travel and cross-border claims;
- Abuse and neglect;
- Sports;
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Clinical Negligence
Tier 3 ranked – Legal 500 Bar Rankings 2026
Our specialist clinical negligence barristers provide advice and representation primarily in the County Court and High Court. Our barristers are regularly instructed in a variety of such including those with valuations over £1m.
The team is highly regarded for undertaking clinical negligence work across England and Wales, with several members ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500:
“Very good, well organised, and always able to offer a suitable alternative if chosen counsel is not available.” Legal 500
“The clerks at St Philips Chambers are always happy to help, especially on short notice instructions.” Legal 500
Our barristers act for claimants and defendants including NHS trusts, private hospitals, GP surgeries, dental practices, and medical and tertiary healthcare practitioners based in England and Wales and overseas.
Our clinical negligence injury work often crosses over with our personal injury, travel, and cross-border work and includes areas such as:
- Catastrophic clinical negligence;
- Fatal accidents;
- Medical practice (including orthopaedic; cardiology, neurology, gynaecology; oncology; obstetrics, anaesthetics, etc.).
- Dental practice;
- Optical practice;
- Midwifery practice;
- Cosmetic treatments;
- Holistic and alternative therapy practices;
- Treatment provided on vessels at sea;
- Organ retention.
Our personal injury barristers are supported by our excellent Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence clerking team. We take appropriate cases on a Conditional Fee Agreement (‘CFA’) and utilise the standard APIL/PIBA terms. We can also take cases on a direct access basis.
