Michael de Navarro KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Clinical Negligence
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Band 1
About
Provided by Michael de Navarro KC
Practice Areas
Personal injury, clinical and professional negligence, insurance and health and safety at work.
Career
Reported clinical negligence cases include NAX v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2018], Manzi v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2018] (CA), Hamed v Dr Mills and ors [2015],R v RNOH [2012], Notts CC v Bottomley and anor [2010], Whiston v London SHA, Knight v South Essex Health Authority [2008], CJL v West Midlands Strategic Health Authority [2009], Antoniades v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust [2007], Cowley v Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority [2006], YM v Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust [2006], Macey v Warwickshire HA [2004], Page v Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust [2004], Royal Victoria Infirmary v B [2002]. Reported personal injury cases include Adams v SEB [1993] (CA), Green v Building Scene [1994] (CA), O'Shea v Kingston-upon-Thames [1995] (CA), Hunter v Butler [1995] (CA), Jolley v LB of Sutton [1998] (CA), [2001] (HL). Other reported cases include Wentworth v Wiltshire CC [1992] (CA), Nykredit Mortgage Bank v Edward Erdman [1996] (HL), John Monroe (Acrylics) v LFCDA [1997] (CA), Day v Cook [2000], Miller v Hales [2006] and Smith v Skanska Construction Services Ltd [2008].
Called 1968, KC 1990. Bencher Inner Temple 2000.
Professional Memberships
PIBA (Committee member 1995, Chairman 1997-99). Western Circuit.
Personal
Born 1944; resides Broadway.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Michael de Navarro KC is highly praised by peers and other market sources for his clinical negligence expertise, particularly when it comes to catastrophic injury cases such as brain and spinal cord injury claims. He handles everything from small injury claims to those of the highest value and severity, and acts for both claimants and defendants. He has worked on a number of wrongful birth cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michael is an incredibly experienced barrister who is very good at analysing cases."
"Michael is an incredibly experienced barrister who is very good at analysing cases."