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About
Provided by Holly Tibbitts
Practice Areas
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Career
Holly acts exclusively on behalf of claimants in personal injury and clinical negligence claims. She is often instructed as sole counsel but also has a significant junior practice working with leading silks on maximum severity claims.
Most of Holly’s cases are issued in the High Court and arise from life changing injuries. Recent claims have involved hypoxic birth injuries, cauda equina syndrome, severe and subtle traumatic brain injuries, sight loss, chronic pain, internal and orthopaedic injuries, serious psychiatric conditions, and delayed cancer treatment. She has significant experience with fatal and lost years claims. She deals with a broad cross-section of liability issues ranging from road traffic accidents and accidents at work to surgical negligence, consent issues, and delayed diagnoses. She regularly deals with complex issues of quantum and procedure.
Known for her sensitive and pragmatic approach to litigation, Holly aims to put lay clients at ease while providing thorough but accessible advice and robust representation.
Called to the Bar in 2010, Holly undertook pupillage at 9 Gough Square under Giles Mooney KC and Claire Harden-Frost. She studied law at City University. She completed her undergraduate degree at St. John’s College, Cambridge, taking a double first in Archaeology & Anthropology.
Professional Memberships
PIBA
Publications
Contributor to: Kemp & Kemp: Quantum of Damages;
Clinical Negligence Claims; APIL Guide to RTA Liability;
Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims (2nd edition)
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Holly Tibbitts has an established claimant practice both in personal injury and in clinical negligence. She specialises in the most serious of cases, acting both led and unled. She has experience in such matters as brain injuries, assault and spinal injuries.
Holly Tibbitts is adept at handling a number of complex clinical negligence claims. She has notable experience in handling birth injury, secondary victim and spinal injury claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Holly is a great barrister to work with. She has a great level of client care, a fantastic eye for detail and a pragmatic approach to cases"
"Holly Tibbitts is a very good junior. She is great technically and has excellent attention to detail."
"Holly is my go-to counsel for cases at all levels. She has a rare gift of having a keen analytical mind yet a very practical and commercial approach to cases."
"Holly is extremely well prepared and approachable. A great junior."
"Holly Tibbitts is excellent - she provides first-class advice and fights hard for her clients."
"Holly provides good, practical advice and good drafting. She is very impressive."
"Holly has an excellent eye for detail and for providing careful information to allow clients to make informed decisions. Her advocacy and drafting skills are highly sophisticated."
"Holly is a great barrister to work with. She has a great level of client care, a fantastic eye for detail and a pragmatic approach to cases"
"Holly Tibbitts is a very good junior. She is great technically and has excellent attention to detail."
"Holly is my go-to counsel for cases at all levels. She has a rare gift of having a keen analytical mind yet a very practical and commercial approach to cases."
"Holly is extremely well prepared and approachable. A great junior."
"Holly Tibbitts is excellent - she provides first-class advice and fights hard for her clients."
"Holly provides good, practical advice and good drafting. She is very impressive."
"Holly has an excellent eye for detail and for providing careful information to allow clients to make informed decisions. Her advocacy and drafting skills are highly sophisticated."
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