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Spike Charlwood
Spike specialises in professional negligence and insurance law. He was named 2010 Professional Negligence Junior of the Year in the Chambers Bar Awards and is listed in the top tier of leading juniors for professional negligence in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK. He has appeared twice in the House of Lords (in Farley v Skinner and Dubai Aluminium v Salaam) and has wide experience of managed and group litigation, including GMAC v Watson & Brown (a lender's claim), Nationwide v Balmer Radmore (part of the 1990s mortgage lender litigation), Hobson v Ashton Morton Slack (an application for a Group Litigation Order) and the mediation of a further group of lender claims. Academically, Spike is the joint author of the chapter on barristers' negligence in Professional Negligence & Liability and the assistant editor of that work, has been a supervisor in tort at Queens' College, Cambridge and speaks and writes widely on professional negligence issues.
Email: spike.charlwood@hailshamchambers.com
Phone: 020 7643 5000
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Year of call: 1994 Specialist areas: Professional negligence, insurance and commerical law. Education: Queens' College, Cambridge (MA (Hons) in law (Double First)); Bar Vocational Course
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"... is 'consistently excellent and has a formidable reputation in the field' 'A genuine silk in waiting'." Chambers UK 2013 "... an extremely well-regarded junior with an impressive caseload of multimillion-pound claims across the full spectrum of professional negligence. He is 'clever, clear and very good on the technical issues'. He further benefits from having a 'confident and relaxed manner'. One magnanimous fellow barrister stated: 'He wiped the floor with me'." Chambers UK 2012 "Clients say he has 'a great deal of courage and ingenuity' and a 'really excellent understanding of legal technicalities'." Chambers UK 2011 "Tipped for great things, is Spike Charlwood. Commentators feel that it 'won't be too long until Charlwood takes silk' such is the strength of his reputation as a leading junior. He acts for a number of insurers and is particularly active when it comes to claims involving solicitors." Chambers UK 2010 "Spike Charlwood is ‘simply outstanding'." Legal 500 2010 "Spike Charlwood is 'academically brilliant and has a sensible approach to the law'." Chambers UK 2009 |