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Provided by Meghann McTague
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Meghann McTague is a highly experienced senior junior instructed in complex, multi-party disputes. Group litigation has been the focus of Meghann’s practice for several years: the subject of which claims include product liability, mass torts, and personal injury claims, in particular those involving complex psychiatric injury.
The unitary claims in which Meghann is instructed involve a range of practice areas including cross-border claims, life sciences, product liability and catastrophic/ fatal personal injury claims, in particular involving TBI.
Meghann has been instructed by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea as junior counsel in relation to the civil claims arising out of the fire at Grenfell Tower since June 2020. Meghann has also been instructed in other high-profile group claims including: the Pan NOx Emissions Litigation, the Covid Care Homes claims and a group of claims involving allegations of modern slavery.
Meghann was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2019 and is a recommended junior in Chambers and Partners for Group Litigation, Travel: International Personal Injury, and Personal Injury. She is described as being “an outstanding barrister”. Meghann was shortlisted by Chambers and Partners as Personal Injury Junior of the Year in 2023/2024.
In her cross-border practice, Meghann regularly advises clients on complex jurisdictional disputes and conflict of laws and has a wealth of experience of claims involving the Package Travel Regulations 1992, the Montreal Convention and the Athens Convention.
Career
Pan NOx Emissions Litigation
Grenfell Tower Litigation
Covid Care Homes Claims
Professional Memberships
Personal Injury Bar Association
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Meghann McTague acts primarily for defendant insurers in complex personal injury claims and is regularly instructed in cases involving catastrophic injuries or fatalities. She has considerable experience handling difficult employers' and public liability claims. She is particularly recognised for representing defendants in group action cases.
Meghann McTague has considerable experience in illness claims, handling anything from group actions under the Package Travel Regulations to cases concerning passengers taken ill on board aircraft. She has extensive knowledge of the Montreal and Athens Conventions. She also handles RTAs and fatal accidents abroad. She regularly acts on behalf of defendants, including several foreign insurers.
Meghann McTague acts in high-profile group claims and has copious expertise in actions related to personal injury and human rights.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Meghann is absolutely superb. She has all of the skills you look for in a junior."
"Meghann is really efficient, has clear views of things and is a straightforward advocate."
"Meghann is an outstanding senior junior - excellent advocacy skills and able to strike the right tone in court."
"Her professional progression during the last years is not a question of luck but a recognition of her hard work, involvement and loyalty to clients."
"Meghann is absolutely great. She is easy to work with, puts clients at ease, and knows how to present complex issues in an easy way to get the best out of a case."
"She has a great tactical mind but is very fair and proportionate."
"Meghann is absolutely superb. She has all of the skills you look for in a junior."
"Meghann is really efficient, has clear views of things and is a straightforward advocate."
"Meghann is an outstanding senior junior - excellent advocacy skills and able to strike the right tone in court."
"Her professional progression during the last years is not a question of luck but a recognition of her hard work, involvement and loyalty to clients."
"Meghann is absolutely great. She is easy to work with, puts clients at ease, and knows how to present complex issues in an easy way to get the best out of a case."
"She has a great tactical mind but is very fair and proportionate."
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