Daniel Neill
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : Personal Injury
Band 3
About
Provided by Daniel Neill
Practice Areas
Daniel Neill specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and regulatory work (healthcare).
He has a busy personal injury practice, acting for claimants and defendants in a broad spectrum of claims. He has recently settled a chronic pain claim for a former member of the armed forces for £800,000 and a claim on behalf of several vulnerable dependants following a fatal road traffic accident for £1million. He is regularly instructed by defendants in employers’ liability claims and where fundamental dishonesty is alleged. He undertakes work in all the usual practice areas.
His clinical negligence practice ranges from surgical and obstetrics claims to more niche areas such as ophthalmology and dentistry. He has a loyal following of solicitors with whom he enjoys working closely from the very outset of cases, providing a strategic overview from pre-action correspondence to settlement or trial.
His regulatory cases have covered a panoply of performance, conduct, competence and health issues.
Daniel also sits as a Recorder on the Western Circuit, dealing with criminal matters.
Career
Called 2008: Lincoln’s Inn.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Daniel did a PhD and taught English literature at Cambridge University.
Professional Memberships
PIBA, ARDL.
Publications
Co-author of the Occupiers’ Liability section of APIL Personal Injury Law, Practice and Precedents.
Personal
Education:
Emmanuel College, Cambridge; UCL.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Daniel Neill has a varied personal injury practice, accepting instructions from both claimants and defendants across the full range of work, including RTAs, employers' liability and injuries caused by animals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Daniel is an extremely capable barrister when dealing with complex matters. He is thorough and provides sound tactical advice on such matters. He is highly skilled at providing quality advice."
"Daniel is very knowledgeable but down to earth. He will grasp all the details and give constructive advice. He is very approachable and able to resolve things for the benefit of the client."
"Daniel is an extremely capable barrister when dealing with complex matters. He is thorough and provides sound tactical advice on such matters. He is highly skilled at providing quality advice."
"Daniel is very knowledgeable but down to earth. He will grasp all the details and give constructive advice. He is very approachable and able to resolve things for the benefit of the client."
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