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 79 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
  • Group Litigation

According to Chambers and Partners’ personal injury rankings, Band 1 ranked 12KBW is noted for “providing the highest standard of service across the board” and “routinely instructed in the most important cases in the market, with significant experience appearing before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.”

12KBW’s Band 1 Industrial Disease Team is “widely acclaimed as a market‑leading authority in asbestos law, consistently involved in the big cases that shape this area of law.”

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 once again ranked as a set : “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”.

12KBW’s Motor Insurance Fraud expertise is recognised “across the full spectrum of cases, encompassing phantom passenger claims, high-value claims, staged accidents and low-velocity impacts”. Sources highlight our “unique ability to offer expertise in this area at all levels” as a distinguishing strength.

Chambers’ Costs & Litigation Funding Team is ranked once again 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.” A source praises the set as having “very high-quality expertise” and “providing great advice that reflects not only technical excellence but also commercial realism.”

Our Practice Management Team is highly commended: “12 King’s Bench Walk has an outstanding clerking team. The clerks provide an excellent level of service and are consistently responsive and easy to engage with. They are proactive, approachable and always willing to assist, making the process of instructing counsel straightforward and efficient.”

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

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