12 King’s Bench Walk is proud to be recognised once again as a Top Ranked Set by Chambers and Partners.

This year’s Bar rankings saw 76 barrister rankings for 12KBW across our specialist areas of law, recognising our leading expertise in:

  • Personal Injury
  • Industrial Disease
  • Travel: International Personal Injury
  • Motor Insurance Fraud
  • Costs Litigation
  • Clinical Negligence
  • Employment
  • Inquests and Public Inquiries
  • Personal Injury: Animal Claims
  • Aviation
  • Civil Liberties & Human Rights
  • Group Litigation

According to Chambers and Partners’ personal injury rankings, Band 1 ranked 12KBW is noted for being “routinely instructed in the most important cases in the market, and its members have significant experience appearing before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.” We have recently been shortlisted for ‘Personal Injury Set of the Year 2025’ at the upcoming Chambers UK Bar Awards.

12KBW’s Band 1 Industrial Disease Team is “widely acclaimed as a leading set in asbestos disease litigation with unparalleled depth and breadth across the practice area”.

Our International Personal Injury Team – ranked in Band 1 – is described as “a highly regarded personal injury set with a strong reputation in the travel sector. Members act for claimants and defendants, including insurers, corporations, travel agents, airlines and tour operators, and are noted for their expert handling of high-value catastrophic injury claims arising from foreign RTAs and other accidents abroad”.

Our Clinical Negligence Team is ranked as a set once again: “12 King’s Bench Walk hosts a well-regarded team of silks and juniors who have a personable approach and willingness to go the extra mile. The barristers handle a wide range of clinical negligence cases including catastrophic injuries, fatal matters and delay in diagnosis claims”.

We are newly ranked as a set for Motor Insurance Fraud where our expertise is recognised “across the full spectrum of cases, encompassing phantom passenger claims, high-value claims, staged accidents and low-velocity impacts”.

Our Costs & Litigation Funding Team is newly ranked with Chambers & Partners commenting: “Members of 12 King’s Bench Walk are routinely instructed in a wide range of costs claims, arising out of clinical negligence, government litigation, professional negligence, personal injury and solicitor-client disputes. The costs team has experience appearing in the Senior Courts Costs Office, as well as the High Court and Court of Appeal. The set is praised as a “go-to chambers”.

Our Practice Management Team is highly commended with Chambers & Partners commenting, “12KBW has some of the best clerks around. They are always personable and proactive in developing firm relationships with their instructing solicitors at every level. The clerks are extremely responsive and helpful.”

For further details on our ranked barristers and teams, visit the Chambers and Partners website.

To get in touch, please contact Oliver Parkhouse, Director of Clerking or any other member of the clerking team.