12KBW is immensely proud and delighted to announce that John-Paul Swoboda will be appointed King’s Counsel.
The Lord Chancellor will preside over the appointment ceremony at Westminster Hall in March 2025, where she will formally bestow the title of KC upon the successful applicants.
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.
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.
All of us at 12KBW warmly congratulate John-Paul on this well-deserved appointment.