Philip Banks
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Travel: International Personal Injury (Claimant)
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About
Provided by Philip Banks
Practice Areas
I head a team within Irwin Mitchell's International Travel Litigation Group.
I act for clients who have been injured in accidents whilst they are travelling or working abroad or for foreign nationals who have accidents in the UK. Many of the clients who I have acted for have sustained serious and, in some case, life altering injuries in all kinds of accidents, including coach crashes, other road traffic accidents, accidents at hotels and accidents at work.
I also act for groups of clients who sustain illness abroad following holidays at hotels or onboard cruise ships. These cases can involve salmonella, e-coli, cryptosporidium and campylobacter infection as well as other serious conditions, including Legionnaires Disease. I have acted for groups of up to 1000 clients who have contracted illness at hotels abroad.
Career
Trained Jones & Co, qualified 1997; Geffens 1997-98; Blythe Liggins 1998-2000; joined Irwin Mitchell 2000, partner 2008.
Professional Memberships
Association of Personal Injury Lawyer (APIL); Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL); Travel and Tourism Lawyers Association (TATLA); committee member PEOPIL.
Chambers Review
UK
Philip Banks has long-standing expertise in acting for clients who have sustained life-changing injuries abroad. His experience covers road traffic collisions and accidents occurring at hotels, among other issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Philip is the person to go to in very difficult matters, he will combine the highest skills with a down to earth approach."
"He has a really exceptional manner with clients and gave them realistic expectations."
"He has a calm and reassuring manner and a huge depth of knowledge and experience."
"Philip is the person to go to in very difficult matters, he will combine the highest skills with a down to earth approach."
"He has a really exceptional manner with clients and gave them realistic expectations."
"He has a calm and reassuring manner and a huge depth of knowledge and experience."