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About
Provided by Darryl Allen KC
Practice Areas
King's Counsel specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation.
Personal Injury - Acts on behalf of claimants and defendants in catastrophic injury and high value fatal accident claims. Substantial experience of analysing difficult issues relating to local authority care and accommodation, large care claims and high value complex loss of earnings claims.
Clinical Negligence - Represents patients and their families in clinical negligence claims. Caseload covers a wide spectrum of medical incidents, including delayed diagnosis of cancer, delayed diagnosis of infant brain tumour, surgical errors, birth trauma, failures in spinal anaesthetic technique leading to spinal cord injury, management of congenital heart conditions including infants, community and hospital management of diabetes and diabetic complications, failures in psychiatric care (community and inpatient) leading to suicide/attempted suicide.
Consistently recommended as a leading barrister in personal injury and clinical negligence work (Chambers and Partners/Legal 500).
Career
Called (1995). King's Counsel (2014). Deputy High Court Judge (2017). Recorder (2010). Tribunal Judge (2007) Legal Adviser to the First Tier Tribunal (2014) (Criminal Injuries Compensation).
Professional Memberships
PIBA (Chairman 2018)
Personal
Born 1972. Education: Altrincham Grammar School for Boys and Leeds University (LLB (Hons)). Married with two daughters and two dogs. Completed Marathons London/New York and Ironman Lanzarote/Italy.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Darryl Allen KC is noted for his expertise in cases concerning brain and spinal injury, and is able to advise on catastrophic and fatal cases. He has extensive experience handling claims alleging delayed diagnosis, surgical negligence and other failings.
Darryl Allen KC is a highly respected silk who maintains an outstanding catastrophic injury practice. He acts for both claimants and defendants and has been instructed in relation to a wide variety of cases including those concerning brain and spinal cord injuries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Consistently at the top of his game."
"Darryl is very strong in all areas."
"Darryl is unbelievably detailed and wonderfully thorough. He is an absolute master of cross-examination and provides just top-notch advocacy. He has mind-blowing command of the case and details."
"Darryl is an impressive counsel, skilled and knowledgeable, with a wealth of relevant experience, an abundant supply of precedent and a vibrant sense of humour."
"Darryl is superb. He is fantastic with experts and clients and able to cut through to the critical issues in the case. He is a joy to work with."
"Darryl is an excellent barrister who always impresses in conference."
"Consistently at the top of his game."
"Darryl is very strong in all areas."
"Darryl is unbelievably detailed and wonderfully thorough. He is an absolute master of cross-examination and provides just top-notch advocacy. He has mind-blowing command of the case and details."
"Darryl is an impressive counsel, skilled and knowledgeable, with a wealth of relevant experience, an abundant supply of precedent and a vibrant sense of humour."
"Darryl is superb. He is fantastic with experts and clients and able to cut through to the critical issues in the case. He is a joy to work with."
"Darryl is an excellent barrister who always impresses in conference."
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