Christopher Walker
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Personal Injury
Band 1
About
Provided by Christopher Walker
Practice Areas
Christopher is a catastrophic personal injury specialist, instructed on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants. His work is predominantly conducted against silks, whether led or instructed alone. Christopher has considerable experience in litigating the established categories of employer liability, road traffic accident and public liability claims and has a reputation as a skilled negotiator. His practice encompasses clinical negligence claims, health and safety prosecutions, coroners' inquests and litigation with a focus on human rights. His current caseload includes claims for severe brain injury (rtas, accident at work), paraplegia (public liability & rta), brachial plexus and other severe, multiple orthopaedic injuries, including traumatic amputation.
Career
MA, Law (Cambridge); Licence Speciale en Droit Europeen (Universite Libre de Bruxelles); Harmsworth Scholar, Middle Temple.
Professional Memberships
PIBA
Personal
Burnley FC,
Classical musician
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Christopher Walker is a personal injury specialist who focuses on catastrophic brain and spinal injuries, amputations and fatal accidents. He receives instructions from claimant and defendant solicitors and is praised for his adroit handling of employers' and public liability disputes. He has extensive experience of cases with tricky contributory negligence and mental health elements. His practice covers a range of related areas including clinical and professional negligence, human rights matters, coroner's inquests, and health and safety prosecutions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Christopher is very talented counsel with great attention to detail and very strong advocacy. He is easy to approach."
"Chris is fantastic with clients, charming and self-assured. He is a tenacious negotiator and provides excellent advice."
"He is meticulous and forceful in pushing the clients' interests."
"Christopher is very talented counsel with great attention to detail and very strong advocacy. He is easy to approach."
"Chris is fantastic with clients, charming and self-assured. He is a tenacious negotiator and provides excellent advice."
"He is meticulous and forceful in pushing the clients' interests."
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