Hailsham Chambers

Hailsham Chambers welcomes new tenants David Horvath-Franco and Conor Walsh

Hailsham Chambers is delighted to announce that David Horvath-Franco and Conor Walsh have joined Chambers as a tenants upon successful completion of their pupillages.

07/09/26

Online Seminar: Commercial Costs II

Monday 28 September, 1.00pm

In this online seminar, Imran Benson and Stephen Bailey will look at the recent cases on Part 36, indemnity costs, hourly rates, budgeting, security for costs, non-party costs orders, funding and group litigation, as well as some developments in arbitration and interest.

07/09/26

Fatal Accidents Act claim dismissed after the Deceased settled with another party during his lifetime: Ritchie v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2026] EWCC 50

Latest Hailsham Chambers Case Note by David Juckes.

03/09/26

Dominic Nolan KC achieves CEDR Mediation Accreditation

Dominic Nolan KC has now become a CEDR Accredited Mediator.

02/09/26

No power to revise costs budgets in the absence of significant developments (Bassey v Whittaker)

LexisNexis Case Analysis by David Juckes

26/08/26

Kitty Kirton published in The Law Society Gazette – Prince Harry ‘conduct outside the norm’

Kitty Kirton discusses the High Court ruling in Lawrence and others -v- Associated Newspapers Limited in The Law Society Gazette, with Tom Snelling, Partner at Signature Litigation.

14/08/26

Failure fully to investigate BTE insurance leads to disallowed success fee (Evans v Fletchers Solicitors Ltd)

LexisNexis Case Analyis by David Juckes

12/08/26

Hailsham Chambers shortlisted for three awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2026

Hailsham Chambers is delighted to be nominated for three awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2026, including Professional Negligence Set and Clinical Negligence Set of the Year.

30/07/26

Online Seminar on Inquest Law: Neglect, Article 2 & Causation

Online seminar on Inquest Law: Neglect, Article 2 & Causation – 30 July 2026

22/07/26

Hailsham Chambers welcomes new tenant Kitty Kirton

Hailsham Chambers is delighted to announce that Kitty Kirton has joined Chambers as a tenant with immediate effect.

02/07/26

Online Seminar: Ward v Rai [2026] EWCA Civ 816

The Court of Appeal has handed down Judgment in Ward v Rai [2026] EWCA Civ 816 concerning procedural compliance within detailed assessments and the boundaries of first instance judicial discretion.

01/07/26

No duty on local authority over third party conduct: Sintes v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [2026] EWCA Civ 752.

LexisNexis Case Analysis by David Juckes

29/06/26

Burgess v Sikorski [2026] EWHC 1245

Eva Ferguson analyses this controversial recent judgment which extended losses recoverable under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 to professional deputyship fees for dependants lacking capacity, and valued future services dependency using full commercial costs.

26/06/26

Material Contribution in Personal Injury Claims

LexisNexis Practice Note by David Juckes

22/06/26

Online Seminar: Commercial Costs

Online seminar on Commercial Costs – 22 June 2026

22/06/26

Cabbies must disclose pre-litigation communications with funders, High Court rules

White v Uber: High Court holds pre-litigation information provided to funders is not privileged.

18/06/26

Claimant succeeds in occupational stress claim due to excessive workload (Foxton-Duffy v Jockey Club Racecourses Ltd)

LexisNexis Case Analysis by David Juckes

16/06/26

Some of This is Law – a Hailsham Chambers Medical Law Group Podcast – Episode 2

Listen to the latest episode of the Hailsham Chambers Medical Law Group Podcast – "Some of This is Law" – with Julian Picton KC & Nicholas Peacock.

12/06/26

PO v Lothian Health Board [2026] OHCS 55

Thomas Crockett considers the judgment of the Outer House of the Court of Session in PO v Lothian Health Board [2026] OHCS 55 and what lessons can be drawn for the clinical negligence practitioner litigating wrongful birth claims.

12/06/26

Hailsham Chambers shortlisted for five awards at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2026

Hailsham Chambers is delighted to be nominated for five awards at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2026, including Professional Negligence Set and Clinical Negligence Set of the Year.

04/06/26

Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes [2026] EWCA Civ 698

Jake Coleman successful in the Court of Appeal, in important case concerning the definition of ‘contentious business agreement’ under s.59 Solicitors Act 1974.

27/05/26

Alicia Tew speaking at London International Disputes Week 2026

Alicia Tew will be speaking at LIDW26 on Thursday 4 June at a member-hosted event "When the volume claims bubble bursts: Navigating high pressure commercial litigation" with Burges Salmon LLP.

26/05/26

Some of This is Law – a Hailsham Chambers Medical Law Group Podcast – Episode 1

Listen to the first episode of the Hailsham Chambers Medical Law Group Podcast – "Some of This is Law" – with Julian Picton KC & Nicholas Peacock.

06/05/26

Hailsham Chambers Supporting The London Legal Walk

Hailsham Chambers is delighted to be supporting the London Legal Walk on Tuesday 9 June 2026.

30/04/26

Spicer v Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited [2026] EWCC 18

Conditional Fee Agreement success fees and After the Event insurance premiums in personal injury claims brought on behalf of children.

27/04/26

How Sharp Is Your Practice?

Visa Inc. v. Luxottica Retail UK Ltd. [2026] EWHC 615

Nicholas Davidson KC highlights the risk of litigation lawyers being accused of sharp practice.

25/04/26

Attersley v UK Insurance Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 217: Fixed recoverable costs apply to ex‑portal claims on late Part 36 acceptance despite multi-track allocation (England and Wales)

LexisNexis Case Analysis by David Juckes

02/04/26

Atuanya v Ministry of Defence [2026] EWHC 758 (KB)

Michael Patrick has produced a case note as to an interesting judgment in Atuanya v Ministry of Defence [2026] EWHC 758 (KB), in which the Claimant was found to have been fundamentally dishonest.

01/04/26

Simon Howarth KC and Lucile Taylor successful in the Supreme Court

Simon and Lucile have obtained judgment in Kession v KVB and others [2026] UKSC 11.

27/03/26

Congratulations, Ian Chai!

Ian Chai has joined Hailsham Chambers as a tenant, following the successful completion of his probationary tenancy.

20/03/26

MIM v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] EWHC 562 (KB)

Case Note: MIM v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] EWHC 562 (KB): clinical negligence, secondary victims, and the definition of ‘accident’.

10/03/26

Kay v Martineau Johnson [2026] EWCA Civ 224

In this case note, Tom Stafford considers the recent decision of Ellen Kay v Martineau Johnson (A Firm) [2026] EWCA Civ 224, in which the Court of Appeal have further clarified the distinction between actual and constructive knowledge under Section 14A of the Limitation Act 1980, and the (limited) circumstances in which a claimant’s impecuniosity may impact the assessment.

24/02/26

Residence without physical presence is sufficient for enforcement of a foreign judgment (Li v Yuan)

LexisNexis Case Analysis by David Juckes

06/02/26

Adcamp LLP v Office Properties PL Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 50

Jamie Carpenter KC successful in important decision on substitution of a defendant after the expiry of the limitation period.

03/02/26

Fixed costs do not apply to wrongful interference with goods (Executors of the Estate of Kenneth Collins v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police)

LexisNexis Case Analysis by David Juckes

27/01/26

Hurst v SRA [2026] EWHC 85 (Admin)

Alice Nash discusses the concerns around the fairness of regulatory proceedings following the High Court’s rebuke to both the SRA and the SDT.

21/01/26

A solicitor’s file should include any instant messages for which a fee has been raised (MacInnes & another v DWF Law LLP)

LexisNexis Case Analysis by David Juckes

15/12/25

Mitchell v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber [2025] UKSC 43

Alice Nash considers this important decision in which the Supreme Court has clarified the court’s approach to claims for breach of fiduciary duty, emphasising justice and full compensation over rigid and artificial rules.

17/11/25

Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition

We are delighted to announce that the Bar Council of England and Wales has awarded Hailsham Chambers a Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition!

28/10/25

Remembering Lady Helen Delves Broughton

Hailsham Chambers is remembering Lady Helen Delves Broughton, our first female tenant and a pioneering figure at the Bar.

23/10/25

Fourth edition of the APIL Guide to Clinical Negligence

Hailsham Chambers is delighted to announce the publication of the fourth edition of the APIL Guide to Clinical Negligence

23/10/25

Jamie Carpenter KC successful in Supreme Court appeal on the currency of costs recovery

The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Process & Industrial Developments Ltd v Federal Republic of Nigeria [2025] UKSC 36

13/10/25

Chief Constable of Sussex Police v. XGY [2024] EWHC 1963

The Court of Appeal has re-affirmed advocates’ general immunity from suit for what the advocate has said in Court, and corresponding immunity for police in respect of preparatory work for such hearings. Immunity does not require a fact-finding exercise.

06/10/25

Surveillance Evidence in Personal Injury Claims

David Juckes has edited the new update of the LexisNexis practice note on surveillance evidence in personal injury claims.

03/10/25

The provision of legal services after Mazur & Stuart v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB): What (if anything) has changed?

Can a person who is unauthorised to conduct litigation for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007 conduct litigation if they are supervised by person who is so authorised?

01/10/25

Welcome New Pupils - David Horvath-Franco and Conor Walsh

A warm welcome to our new pupils, David Horvath-Franco and Conor Walsh.

30/09/25

When does turning a blind eye amount to dishonesty?

That’s the question which the High Court answered in this case involving a solicitor who repeatedly failed to carry out basic checks on his clients, resulting in his firm’s client accounts being used to launder money.

29/09/25

Legal 500 Bar Awards - Clinical Negligence Set of the Year

We are pleased to announce that Hailsham Chambers has been named Clinical Negligence Set of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards!

12/09/25

Second Costs Management Judgment in Pan-NOx Litigation

Judgment was handed down on Wednesday by Mrs Justice Cockerill, sitting with Senior Costs Judge Rowley, in Various Claimants v Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Others & Ors [2025] EWHC 2307 (KB),

05/09/25

Post-holiday round-up: what were the courts up to over the summer?

The summer months saw a steady stream of decisions in professional liability and related spheres.

21/08/25

Joseph Strain v Transunion International UK Limited

Thomas Mason appeared for the successful Appellant in Joseph Strain v Transunion International UK Limited.

04/08/25

Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd [2025] UKSC 33

Jake Coleman has drafted a case note on the Supreme Court’s decision in Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd [2025] UKSC 33, which was handed down Friday afternoon.

24/07/25

Inquest into the death of Azroy Dawes-Clarke

Amy Chapman represented Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in the inquest into the death of Azroy Dawes-Clarke.

23/07/25

Welcome Ian Chai!

We are delighted to announce that Ian Chai has joined as a probationary tenant.

22/07/25

A hole in the safety net

A hole in the professional indemnity insurance safety net: when insolvency may divert insurance money to general creditors rather than the damaged party.

08/07/25

Probationary Tenancy

Hailsham Chambers invites applications for a probationary tenant to commence in September or October 2025, with a view to joining our award-winning team.

30/06/25

Vanquis Bank Limited v TMS Legal Limited [2025] EWHC 1599 (KB)

When does a solicitor’s business model become an economic tort? When might financial institutions have a remedy against solicitors (allegedly) bringing indiscriminate consumer claims without any due diligence?

22/05/25

URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21

The Supreme Court decision may disappoint some for the conclusion that it was not necessary to decide whether Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd v Oscar Faber & Partners [1983] 2 AC 1 should be overturned, but will surely be followed by intense concentration in professional liability cases on questions of causation and mitigation.

09/05/25

Bratt v Jones [2025] EWCA Civ 562

Q: “What does a claimant have to prove to show that a valuer was negligent?”

A: “Exactly what you always thought had to be proven. But maybe that’s wrong.”

Nicholas Pilsbury considers the Court of Appeal’s judgment in this interesting case, which suggests that the law in this area may soon change.

06/05/25

Limitation: When does time start to run?

Dan Stacey, Clare Elliott and Christopher Cooke have written a long note about limitation – and in particular “when does time start to run”.

17/04/25

Orchard v Dhillon [2025] EWHC 834 (Ch)

Contrary to the earlier decision in InnovatorOne, the High Court has held in Orchard v Dhillon [2025] EWHC 834 (Ch)

04/04/25

Yerbury v Azets Holdings Ltd [2025] EWHC 757 (KB)

Alice Nash considers the decision, which confirms that professional firms offering insolvency services are not vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of employees accepting appointments as Receivers, as they act in a personal capacity rather than in the course of their employment.

21/03/25

Rukhadze and others v Recovery Partners GP Ltd and another [2025] UKSC 10

Clare Price considers this recent decision in which the Supreme Court was asked to revisit the role of causation in a fiduciary’s duty to account for profits made in breach of duty.

14/03/25

Bartolomucci v Circle Health Group Limited [2025] EWHC 529 (KB)

Alexander Hutton KC and Justin Meiland consider this important decision regarding private medicine in which the Court dismissed the Claimant’s argument that the hospital group should be contractually liable for medical services provided by consultants.

13/03/25

Evans v Hughes Fowler Carruthers Ltd

Nicholas Davidson KC and Clare Parkhouse consider this unusual summary judgment case in which Adam Johnson J upheld the arguability of a solicitor’s ‘Gold v Mincoff’ duty

14/02/25

Roger Leggett & Others v American International Group UK Limited [2025] EWHC 278 (Comm)

Questions of suing the right defendant and indemnity coverage can be slippery where there has been a business transition between successive professional practices.

11/02/25

Barrowfen Properties Ltd v. Patel [2025] EWCA Civ 39

When a claimant has lost a valuable chance but the breach of duty happens to have conferred a benefit on the claimant, how do you do the arithmetic?

10/02/25

Bailey v Bijlani

A judge has permitted a claimant in a dental negligence action to recover against the credit card company whose card she used to purchase the treatment.

06/02/25

Norman Hay v Marsh Ltd

The Court of Appeal have clarified the law on loss of a chance in professional negligence cases generally and insurance brokers cases particularly.

24/01/25

Alexander Hutton KC and Thomas Mason appear in Topalsson GmbH v CMS Cameron Mckenna Nabarro Olswang LLP [2025] EWHC 118

06/01/25

A Bridge Too Far? Imposter Fraud, Bridging Finance and Summary Judgment

The 2010s saw a decade of litigation concerning the trust imposed on solicitors holding money on client account and the circumstances when those solicitors will be liable for breach of trust when that money goes missing (usually because it is paid to an imposter).

04/12/24

Melia v Tamlyn & Son Ltd [2024] EWHC 3002 (Ch)

The case of Melia v Tamlyn and Son Limited tackles several key issues in professional negligence, including the scope of duty post-MBS, approach to conflicts of evidence, and the significance of unlawful conduct.

02/12/24

Introducing Hailsham: Pupillage Evening 2025

Prospective applicants are invited to join members and clerks from Hailsham Chambers for an informal drinks evening. Get to know us, our areas of expertise, and how our pupillages are structured.

29/11/24

Thank you, Michael!

Chambers is sad to announce that Michael will retire from the Bar on 1 March 2025. We look forward to thanking him for his enormous contribution to Chambers at an event in spring 2025

15/11/24

Chambers and Partners Bar Awards - Professional Negligence Set of the Year!

We are delighted to share that Hailsham Chambers has been named Professional Negligence Set of the Year at the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards.

13/11/24

Riedweg v HCC

When an insurer is sued by a claimant under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010

05/11/24

Scotland Gas Network PLC v QBE UK Ltd

The Scottish courts have now authoritatively determined that for the purposes of the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010

04/11/24

KVB v Jacobs Hopkins McKenzie

Simon Howarth KC and Lucile Taylor have obtained permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of KVB v Jacobs Hopkins McKenzie.

04/11/24

Welcome to our new Head of Operations, Camilla Avery

We are thrilled to introduce Camilla Avery as our new Head of Operations.

31/10/24

Michael Patrick Joins the Cost Group

We are thrilled to announce that Michael Patrick has joined our Costs Group.

23/10/24

Menzies v Oakwood

“Payment” for the purposes of s.70 of the Solicitors Act 1974 requires an agreement to pay the sum specified in the bill [, rules the Supreme Court]

04/10/24

Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports

What are the duties of claimants’ lawyers once a defendant serves evidence of fundamental dishonesty?

16/09/24

Secondary Victim Claims: the Common Law Restated?

David Pittaway KC 's and Thomas Crockett's article published in the most recent edition of the Journal of the Malaysian Judiciary.

10/09/24

Welcome new pupils - Tomas McCabe and Oliver Brewis

A big welcome to our new pupils, Tomas McCabe and Oliver Brewis.

06/08/24

Welcome to our new Junior Clerk Carrigan Beavan

We are delighted to welcome our new Junior Clerk Carrigan Beavan!

17/07/24

Congratulations to our Pupils who have been offered tenancy.

We are proud to announce that our Pupils, Clare Parkhouse and Amy Chapman, have been offered tenancy upon completing their pupillage.

09/07/24

Hailsham have been shortlisted for 11 awards at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for 11 awards at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.

17/06/24

D&O Claims Case Update: BHS Liquidators Succeed in D&O Claim against former directors

Last week there was a substantial D&O judgment dealing with wrongful trading and misfeasance in the BHS litigation. What do practitioners need to know?

14/05/24

Norman Hay v Marsh

In a brokers’ negligence claim, when is causation decided on the balance of probabilities and when is a loss of a chance analysis appropriate?

09/05/24

Nicola Rushton KC has been appointed new Head of Chambers

Hailsham Chambers are delighted to announce that Nicola Rushton KC has been appointed Head of Chambers and Nicholas Davidson KC Deputy Head of Chambers.

30/04/24

Welcome Lewis Merison our new Junior Clerk

We are thrilled to welcome our newest Junior Clerk Lewis Merison.

18/04/24

Hailsham Chambers welcomes new tenant

Hailsham Chambers is delighted to announce that Thomas Mason has become our newest tenant.

16/04/24

Lonsdale and ors v Wedlake Bell and ors [2024]

White v Jones principle may extend to the beneficiaries of a living settlor – Alice Nash on Lonsdale v Wedlake Bell

12/04/24

Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW

Nicholas Davidson KC considers how professionals may want to profit from cross-selling services, but fiduciaries should beware.

20/03/24

Hadly v Przybylo

Are the costs of fee earners attending rehabilitation meetings recoverable?

12/03/24

Inflation and the Quantum of General Damages for PSLA

Thomas Crockett considers the latest edition of the Judicial College Guidelines which shed some light on the topical question of the effect inflation should have on the quantum of general damages.

11/03/24

Non-party costs orders and credit hire

Stephen Bailey appeared for the successful respondent, Esure Limited, on an appeal to the High Court of a non-party costs order made against Kindertons, a credit hire company.

22/02/24

No responsibility is different to diminished responsibility

Dominic Nolan KC considers the Court of Appeal decision of 20 February 2024 in Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services and others

05/02/24

Miller v Irwin Mitchell LLP

The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Miller v Irwin Mitchell LLP [2024] EWCA Civ 53, handed down on 1 February 2024.

19/01/24

Simon Wilton to be appointed King’s Counsel

Hailsham Chambers is proud to announce that Simon Wilton will be appointed King's Counsel.