12KBW is delighted to welcome Simon Browne KC as a new member of chambers.

Simon was called to the Bar in 1982 and took silk in 2011. Simon is consistently recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners as a top ranked silk in the fields of commercial costs and litigation funding, catastrophic brain and spinal injury, and related areas of sports law, clinical negligence, insurance, professional negligence and professional regulation.

Steven Snowden KC, Head of Chambers said: “I am personally delighted, on behalf of all of us at 12KBW, to welcome Simon Browne KC to these Chambers. Simon’s outstanding reputation speaks for itself and his areas of work fit seamlessly with those in which we already excel and which we are continuing to grow”.

Simon sits as a barrister costs assessor in the High Court and on the Cost Committee of the Civil Justice Council. He has a formidable reputation for costs in group litigation, acting for both the claimant group and defendants. Simon is Band 1/Tier 1 ranked in Chambers & Partners/Legal 500 for Costs Litigation.

Simon represents both claimants and defendants in catastrophic injury cases, mainly involving brain damage and spinal injuries. Each year he is instructed regularly in cases with a value in excess of £10 million and in cases with unusual or difficult points of law. He is Band 1/Tier 1 ranked in The Legal 500 for Personal Injury.

In clinical negligence cases, Simon successfully represents claimants in claims against medical practitioners both in hospitals, private practice, and general practice. He advises extensively over disclosure and expert evidence.

Simon’s work has included several sports and sports-related cases over his career. He has sat on various sporting committees and disciplinary tribunals. Simon is knowledgeable on head injuries and dementia arising from contact sport having links with research projects. Between 2022 and 2024, he chaired a series of conferences and produced a number of reference papers on head injuries in sport.

Simon is also a qualified arbitrator and mediator. He is on the panel of available mediators for costs disputes at the Costs Alternative Dispute Resolution.

To find out more about Simon Browne KC and his notable cases, view his full profile here.

12KBW welcomes applications from outstanding practitioners in all our fields of work, and applicants should in the first instance contact Steven Snowden KC, Head of Chambers.