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About
Provided by Philip Turton
Practice Areas
Philip has over twenty-five years’ experience of personal injury cases and specialises in high value personal injury actions, clinical negligence claims and industrial disease cases, including group actions.
He has been cited as a leader at the Bar in the field of personal injury work for many years.
He was a Bar Standards Board appointed external moderator for the Bar Professional Training Course (Civil Litigation) from 2010 – 2012 and, with Marc Howe, was appointed to reformulate the syllabus for the Civil Litigation module on the BPTC course in 2014.
He has delivered annual lectures on Drafting to the Bar Professional Training Course at Nottingham Trent University and the Kaplan Law School in London. He has also delivered a guest lecture to the students of the University of Darwin, Northern Territories, Australia, on the subject of Tort law.
Career
Philip was called to the Bar in 1989.
Professional Memberships
Personal Injuries Bar Association, Professional Negligence Bar Association, Health & Safety Lawyers Association, Nottinghamshire Medico-Legal Society.
Publications
https://ropewalk.co.uk/blog/
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Philip Turton is a skilled personal injury practitioner handling complex industrial disease claims, including group actions. He is experienced in complex asbestos-related injury, HAVS and NIHL claims.
Philip Turton advises both claimants and defendants on an array of issues including abuse, stress and occupational disease claims. He has ancillary expertise in clinical negligence law. He also regularly advises on limitation issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Philip is impressive, diligent and performs very thorough analysis of the law. He is known to have the respect of his peers and for being a master of the court."
"He's excellent with clients, unflappable and strong in negotiations. He gives each case the care it requires."
"Philip is a very good advocate - very eloquent and a really good performer."
"Philip is impressive, diligent and performs very thorough analysis of the law. He is known to have the respect of his peers and for being a master of the court."
"He's excellent with clients, unflappable and strong in negotiations. He gives each case the care it requires."
"Philip is a very good advocate - very eloquent and a really good performer."
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