Up and Coming
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Turan Hursit
Practice Areas
Turan practises in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, the Court of Protection, Inquests and Inquiries, Public Law, and Human Rights and has a particular interest in medical cases raising human rights issues. She has appeared unled in the High Court and assisted with cases in the Court of Appeal. Her recent cases include Bass v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 36 (QB), the Manchester Arena bombings, the re-opened inquest into the Guildford pub bombings, and civil claims arising from the infected blood scandal.
Turan’s varied clinical negligence and personal injury caseload includes cases concerning brain injuries, cauda equina syndrome, and delayed diagnosis of cancer, of a value of up to £1 million. In the Court of Protection, she has experience of acting against opponents 20 years her senior, including in cases concerning serious medical treatment. She is regularly instructed in multi-week inquests and advises on a variety of human rights issues and judicial reviews spanning community care, police law, and breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Career
Turan studied Law with French Law at the University of Bristol and an LLM in Public Law at the LSE. She was awarded an academic scholarship from the LSE for her LLM and a full scholarship from the Inner Temple for her Bar training. She was called to the Bar in 2017 after working at the European Court of Justice, the UCL Constitution Unit, and various NGOs. She speaks fluent Turkish and French, intermediate German, and basic Spanish and Italian.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Turan Hursit of Old Square Chambers is an up-and-coming junior who is often instructed by the Official Solicitor. She has a growing specialism in matters relating to best interests.
Turan Hursit of Old Square Chambers has an active inquest practice, tending to act for bereaved families, but also NHS trusts and healthcare bodies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Her advocacy is excellent. Her points are strong and clear."
"Turan has a lovely manner with clients. She prepares so well before hearings, and her advocacy is impressive."
"She is an excellent advocate and completely across the detail. She is good at negotiating and she shows really good judgement."
"Turan is very knowledgeable and great with clients. She has a great grasp of the law and can think on her feet."
"Turan is a very strong advocate. She puts clients' positions forward very concisely and persuasively in court."
"Turan is an excellent advocate and very knowledgeable about this area of work."
"Turan is wise and mature beyond her years. She is very proactive and a dream to work with from a solicitor's point of view."
"Her advocacy is excellent. Her points are strong and clear."
"Turan has a lovely manner with clients. She prepares so well before hearings, and her advocacy is impressive."
"She is an excellent advocate and completely across the detail. She is good at negotiating and she shows really good judgement."
"Turan is very knowledgeable and great with clients. She has a great grasp of the law and can think on her feet."
"Turan is a very strong advocate. She puts clients' positions forward very concisely and persuasively in court."
"Turan is an excellent advocate and very knowledgeable about this area of work."
"Turan is wise and mature beyond her years. She is very proactive and a dream to work with from a solicitor's point of view."
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