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About
Provided by Prashant Popat KC
Practice Areas
In the field of product liability his substantial group action experience encompasses litigation concerning: the NOx Emissions issue; Covid-19 vaccine; metal-on-metal hip implants; PIP breast implants; Benzodiazepines; Norplant; blood transfusions; MMR; Sabril; and Seroxat. His commercial product liability practice includes litigation and arbitrations concerning products ranging from gastric bands to fuses and fire appliances to helicopters to motor vehicles. He has been involved in leading reported cases in this field, including appellate and CJEU decisions. Over 3 decades he has also represented defendants in major manslaughter and health and safety cases (and associated inquiries and inquests) arising from incidents such as the railway disasters at Southall, Ladbroke Grove, Hatfield, Potters Bar and Lambrigg, the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot, the Pembrokeshire Oil Refinery, the Atherstone upon Stour fire and the Glesion Mine flooding and the helicopter crash at the Leicester City FC ground. He represents interested persons in connection with ongoing investigations, including the Didcot power station collapse, the Grenfell fire, the Covid Inquiry and the Cranston Inquiry. He has previously been nominated for, and twice recognised as, the Chambers UK “Health and Safety Silk of the Year” and also awarded the Legal 500 award for “Corporate Crime” silk of the year.
Career
MA (Oxon) First Class Honours. Baker and McKenzie International Scholar. Gray's Inn Scholar. Judicial Assistant to the Court of Appeal. Bencher of Gray's Inn.
Professional Memberships
HSLA; COMBAR
Publications
He is the co-editor of the "International Product Law Manual" published by Kluwer and has edited Halsbury’s Laws on Civil Procedure.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Prashant Popat KC is an esteemed silk specialising in health and safety and product liability cases, who regularly acts in high-profile corporate and individual manslaughter prosecutions. His list of clients includes large corporates such as Network Rail and Thames Water, fire services and local government authorities.
Prashant Popat KC has longstanding experience in product liability and personal injury group claims, particularly those concerning medical products. He has also been active at the centre of the vehicle emissions litigation.
Prashant Popat KC is widely regarded as one of the foremost product liability specialists at the Bar. He is eminently capable of leading in major group litigation and also handles unitary claims that are resolved through both criminal and civil proceedings. He routinely acts in cases involving defective pharmaceutical products, prostheses and household devices.
Prashant Popat KC is an experienced silk frequently involved in high-profile inquests and public inquiries. He is experienced in inquests arising across a wide range of industries such as transport and construction.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Prashant is balanced, easy to work with and strategic."
"Prash is a really impressive advocate with great vision for the appropriate case strategy."
"He is a very experienced group litigator."
"He is second to none on group litigation strategy."
"Prashant acts very well as a supporting extension to solicitors, making sure that they have what they need to push things forward. He is an expert in group litigation and product liability."
"Prashant is balanced, easy to work with and strategic."
"Prash is absolutely superb. He is an incredibly hard worker; he's highly commercial and also great with clients."
"Prashant is an expert in group litigation and product liability matters."
"Prashant is ridiculously good on detail. Even when he has no time to prepare, he still is totally prepared and he has a ridiculously fast brain."
"His strength is in public inquiries."
"Prashant is a really able advocate. He really drills down into the details and is incredibly hard-working. He is a star performer."
"Prashant is the best KC in health and safety defence. He is good on details and has a ridiculously fast brain."
"Prashant is an iron fist in a velvet glove. His written work is absolutely impeccable and he makes the client feel at ease. He provides proper strategic analysis and is just wonderful."
"Prashant is meticulous and extraordinarily diligent in terms of forensic analysis. He is my go-to for a complex case, especially if it involves technical expertise."
"Prashant is balanced, easy to work with and strategic."
"Prash is a really impressive advocate with great vision for the appropriate case strategy."
"He is a very experienced group litigator."
"He is second to none on group litigation strategy."
"Prashant acts very well as a supporting extension to solicitors, making sure that they have what they need to push things forward. He is an expert in group litigation and product liability."
"Prashant is balanced, easy to work with and strategic."
"Prash is absolutely superb. He is an incredibly hard worker; he's highly commercial and also great with clients."
"Prashant is an expert in group litigation and product liability matters."
"Prashant is ridiculously good on detail. Even when he has no time to prepare, he still is totally prepared and he has a ridiculously fast brain."
"His strength is in public inquiries."
"Prashant is a really able advocate. He really drills down into the details and is incredibly hard-working. He is a star performer."
"Prashant is the best KC in health and safety defence. He is good on details and has a ridiculously fast brain."
"Prashant is an iron fist in a velvet glove. His written work is absolutely impeccable and he makes the client feel at ease. He provides proper strategic analysis and is just wonderful."
"Prashant is meticulous and extraordinarily diligent in terms of forensic analysis. He is my go-to for a complex case, especially if it involves technical expertise."
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