12KBW is proud to celebrate John-Paul Swoboda’s appointment to King’s Counsel today.
The Lord Chancellor presides over the appointment ceremony at Westminster Hall where she formally bestows the title of KC.
Appointment to King’s Counsel is a rigorous and demanding selection process and a widely respected mark of excellence. John-Paul has asked us to thank everyone involved in the selection process, as well as his clients for their longstanding support.
John-Paul is Joint Deputy Head of Chambers and was called to the Bar in 2006.
He specialises in asbestos litigation, serious injury, international litigation, clinical negligence, sports law, aviation, professional negligence and inquests. He undertakes high value work appearing in the High Court and Appellate Courts. John-Paul is ranked as a Leading Junior in Chambers & Partners for Industrial Disease, International Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. He is also ranked in the Legal 500 for Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. John-Paul won Personal Injury Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023.
All of us at 12KBW warmly congratulate John-Paul on this well-deserved appointment.
