Clinical Negligence

"Devereux is a great set with a broad depth of experience in the field of medical negligence."
Legal 500
"Devereux's members are well regarded for their expertise in complex clinical negligence matters."
Chambers UK Bar

Devereux continues to define itself in the field of clinical negligence by producing high quality work from a specialist team comprising two leading silks and a team of talented juniors. We are consistently listed in the top clinical negligence sets by both Chambers UK and Legal 500.

Acting predominantly for claimants, our focus is on high value catastrophic injury cases. What sets us apart from others is the complexity of the matters handled, in proportion to the size of the team; we have high levels of experience, and awareness of relevant medical and legal practice and procedure.

'A great set with a broad depth of experience in the field of medical negligence'  - Legal 500

'Devereux "has an excellent selection of counsel in the field" specialising in high-value brain and spinal cases. Members act for defendant NHS Trusts and Health Authorities, in addition to doctors and consultants, dentists and individual healthcare professionals. On the claimant side, the set has expertise in high-value cases and its members regularly act on publicly and CFA-funded matters.' - Legal 500

Barristers at Devereux are described as "excellent, innovative, thorough and skilful." and provide "Fantastic client service. The clerks are always happy to help and do their best to accommodate even the most difficult requests." "The clerks are very responsive and very friendly.- Chambers UK Bar

Related Expertise

Barristers with Expertise in this area

King’s Counsel


Robert Glancy KC

Silk 1997 | Call 1972

Robert Weir KC

Silk 2010 | Call 1992

Junior Counsel


Colin Mendoza

Call 1983

Peter Edwards

Call 1992

Rob Hunter

Call 2000

Laura Bell

Call 2004

Harry Sheehan

Call 2017

Charlie Hill

Call 2019

Thomas Westwell

Call 2018

Matthew Bignell

Call 2021

Alice Defriend

Call 2022