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2006 Legal 500 - 12KBW maintains its position as a leading Personal Injury set and gains new recognition in Clinical Negligence and Employment.
12KBW maintains its position as a leading Personal Injury set and for the first time is listed as a leading set in Clinical Negligence. New mentions in the Employment section acknowledge 12KBW’s growing reputation in this area.Ronald Walker QC retains his position within the top 4 leading silks for the third consecutive year. This year he is joined in the top category by Frank Burton QC who won the Chambers and Partners award for the leading PI silk last year. Andrew Hogarth QC enters the list of leading PI silks for the first time this year joining Allan Gore QC and Richard Methuen QC, both of whom rise up the rankings this year. 12KBW now has 5 leading personal injury silks, the largest number from any chambers.
Stephen Worthington (now a QC) maintains his position as one of the leading personal injury juniors. He is joined by new entries Simon Levene, William Audland, Nigel Lewers, Henry Charles and Quintin Tudor-Evans as well as existing entrants Nicholas Heathcote Williams (now a QC), William Featherby, Hugh Hamill, and Paul Russell.
Frank Burton QC was also recognised as a leading silk in clinical negligence alongside Allan Gore QC. David Sanderson gained a notable mention as an up and coming junior in this field.
Andrew Hogarth QC maintained his position as a leading silk in Employment and Carolyn D’Souza was also noted in this section establishing that the 12KBW employment team is going from strength to strength.