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About
Provided by Isabel Barter
Practice Areas
Isabel Barter is a junior barrister specialising in commercial and common law. Isabel has particular expertise in Professional Negligence, Product Liability, Property Damage and Private International law, and clients often come to her for this combined expertise.
Career
BA Hons. (Cantab). Called to the Bar 2010 (Inner Temple).
Major Scholar – Inner Temple for GDL.
Major Scholar – Inner Temple for BVC.
Shortlisted for Chambers UK Professional Negligence Junior 2022.
Shortlisted for Legal 500 Group Litigation and Consumer Junior 2022.
Shortlisted for Legal 500 Group Litigation and Consumer Junior 2023.
Shortlisted for Legal 500 Group Litigation and Consumer Junior 2024.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR, TECBAR, PNBA
Publications
Joint General Editor of the quarterly Journal of Professional Negligence (Bloomsbury).
Associate Editor of and expert contributor to Simpson (ed.) ‘Professional Negligence and Liability’ (Informa 2023).
Expert contributor to Palmer, Moody, Crowley and van der Meer (eds.) ‘The Law of Property Damage’ (1st edn, Bloomsbury 2023).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Isabel Barter is a junior barrister whose product liability practice is bolstered by additional knowledge of property damage and professional negligence issues. She represents insurers in addition to claimants and defendants in cases involving defective medical devices as well as malfunctioning household items and industrial machinery.
Isabel Barter is an accomplished common law barrister with an emphasis on property damage, product liability and professional negligence. She defends and prosecutes a range of individuals, including accountants, financial advisers and construction professionals. She has previously appeared before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. She is a co-editor of the Journal of Professional Liability.
Isabel Barter is a respected junior with notable experience handling claims relating to fire and flooding. She offers additional expertise in areas including product liability and professional negligence.
Isabel Barter is an increasingly prominent junior who garners praise for her experience in product liability and professional negligence group litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is very good on product liability."
"An impressive barrister."
"Isabel is a very strong counsel and is an absolute workhorse in her matters."
"Isabel is a force to be reckoned with in product liability."
"Isabel has a sharp and quick mind, leaving no stone unturned when reviewing a case."
"Isabel is an excellent speaker, really knowledgeable and smart in a collaborative way."
"Isabel is great commercially."
"She is very good on product liability."
"An impressive barrister."
"Isabel is a very strong counsel and is an absolute workhorse in her matters."
"Isabel is a force to be reckoned with in product liability."
"Isabel has a sharp and quick mind, leaving no stone unturned when reviewing a case."
"Isabel is an excellent speaker, really knowledgeable and smart in a collaborative way."
"Isabel is great commercially."
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