Finn Selman
Finn joined chambers in October 2025 following the successful completion of his pupillage under the supervision of Catherine Peck, Dan Tobin and Kweku Aggrey-Orleans.
He has experience in all core areas of Chambers’ expertise with a particular interest in personal injury, clinical negligence, employment and indemnity.
Finn has a busy court practice with multiple hearings a week. Of particular note, he has been instructed in hearings involving allegations of fraud, indemnity issues and costs arguments.
He has a growing paperwork practice, having drafted pleadings in personal injury and clinical negligence disputes including misdiagnosis resulting in fatality.
Prior to pupillage, Finn worked as a chef under Tom Kerridge and travelled extensively before becoming a paralegal in the clinical negligence team at Stewarts Law LLP. In this latter role, Finn’s work focused specifically on high value serious injury claims.
In his spare time, Finn can be found tending the wildflower meadow he has established or playing rugby.
Personal Injury
Finn is regularly instructed in personal injury claims dealing with liability, causation and quantum. Finn accepts instructions for both claimants and defendants.
He is an experienced courtroom advocate including in cases involving allegations of fundamental dishonesty.
He is frequently instructed in application hearings, stage 3 hearings and infant approval hearings.
Finn’s paperwork practice includes having drafted a pleading in an employer liability dispute which involved the injury of a healthcare professional following an attack by a mental health patient.
Download sectionClinical Negligence
Finn gained a wealth of experience dealing with high value serious injury clinical negligence claims during his time working as a paralegal at Stewarts Law LLP in the clinical negligence team. The types of cases he dealt with included misdiagnoses of cancer, brain and spinal cord injuries and severe birth injuries.
Finn continued to work on clinical negligence cases during his pupillage and has drafted pleadings in a fatal misdiagnosis of bowel cancer claim with a reserve of £250,000.
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Finn has a keen interest in all areas of employment law. During pupillage, he gained experience in a number of different employment disputes. This included cases of unfair dismissal, disability discrimination, health and safety dismissals and failure to make reasonable adjustments.
Finn is a Volunteer Employment Representative at the Free Representation Unit.
Download sectionIndemnity & Insurance
Finn has been instructed in cases involving indemnity disputes between insurers in road traffic cases with issues involving the MIB Uninsured Drivers Agreement, the MIB Untraced Drivers Agreement and European Communities (Rights Against Insurers) Regulations.
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Finn played high level competitive sport throughout school and university with a specific focus on rugby union, which he continues to play for Belsize Park RFC.
His background in sport has produced a keen interest in sports disputes. This is something that Finn developed in pupillage for example when he worked on written submissions for a golfer’s disciplinary tribunal hearing.
Finn is currently working on an article about the judgment in Pogba v Nado Italia for LawInSport.
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Finn accepts instructions for both claimants and defendants in international and travel claims and has experience in cases governed by Rome II and claims brought under the Montreal Convention.
Finn’s paperwork practice includes recently having been instructed to draft pleadings in a claim under the Montreal Convention which involved a passenger suffering a serious knee injury during a flight with a major airline.
Download sectionPublications
12KBW Personal Injury Law Blog Post: Anonymity orders: the view from the coalface following PMC v A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) | 12 King’s Bench Walk
12KBW Personal Injury Law Blog Post: Clarke v Poole: To reopen or not to reopen | 12 King’s Bench Walk
Download sectionQualifications & Awards
BPC (Very Competent), University of Law
Law LLB (First-class Honours), University of Birmingham
Exhibition Award (The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple)
Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award (The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple)
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