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Provided by Will Young
Practice Areas
Will Young practices in personal injury, clinical negligence and employment.
He has particular interest and expertise in high value quantum matters. He was junior counsel for the Claimant in: the claim involving the highest ever award of damages in a UK Employment Tribunal discrimination case (AB v RBS [2021] – £4.7m damages); and what is understood to be the largest periodical payment award in a UK personal injury claim (LXD v Roscoe [2024], £1.1m annual periodical payment).
His personal injury practice increasingly consists of serious and/or catastrophic injury cases involving brain, spinal and amputation injury cases. He has been sole counsel in a wide range of multi-track personal injury actions, in the County Court and High Court. He has a particular interest in industrial disease claims, equine injury claims, and PI claims with a cross-border aspect to them.
His clinical negligence practice includes cauda equina/surgical negligence spinal injury cases and birth injury cases, as well as delayed diagnosis. Will acts as sole counsel and as a junior in higher value and more complex cases. He also appears at inquests, particularly where there is a potential clinical negligence issue, acting for both families and NHS Trusts.
Within the employment sphere Will has a particular interest in claims involving psychiatric injury (which is complemented by his PI practice). He has acted in numerous cases involving claims of significant psychiatric injury caused by discrimination or detrimental treatment at work. Will’s employment claims are often very high value, including two recent settlements for £multiple-millions.
Chambers Review
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Will Young has growing expertise in personal injury matters and is routinely instructed in catastrophic spinal cord and brain injury claims. He is also well versed in complex equine injury and psychiatric injury cases, and is sought after for his expertise in complex quantum disputes.
Will Young brings his knowledge of personal injury to employment disputes and he has carved out a particular niche in work-related psychiatric claims. His client base is broad and he is particularly well thought-of in the financial services market, with regular instructions from senior City individuals.
Will Young handles a variety of clinical negligence cases amongst a broader personal injury practice. He is instructed for both claimants and defendants regarding delayed diagnostics, negligent care and other relevant mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Will is extremely impressive."
"Will is an exceptional barrister with extensive expertise in the crossover of personal injury and employment discrimination claims.He is clever and this shines through in his first-class advocacy."
"Will is a really impressive junior. He is diligent and does meticulous preparation."
"Will is excellent. He is punching above his weight in court. He is really hot on the detail and very responsive."
"Will is an exceptionally thorough barrister. His written advice and draft counter schedules are of a very high quality."
"Will is a very bright, very proactive barrister. He is responsive to tight turnaround times and the quality of his legal advice is superb."
"Will is very impressive. He is meticulous yet speedy in responding to papers."
"His attention to detail is very impressive. He is very capable at dealing with experts and pinpointing what needs to be extracted."
"Will is extremely impressive."
"Will is an exceptional barrister with extensive expertise in the crossover of personal injury and employment discrimination claims.He is clever and this shines through in his first-class advocacy."
"Will is a really impressive junior. He is diligent and does meticulous preparation."
"Will is excellent. He is punching above his weight in court. He is really hot on the detail and very responsive."
"Will is an exceptionally thorough barrister. His written advice and draft counter schedules are of a very high quality."
"Will is a very bright, very proactive barrister. He is responsive to tight turnaround times and the quality of his legal advice is superb."
"Will is very impressive. He is meticulous yet speedy in responding to papers."
"His attention to detail is very impressive. He is very capable at dealing with experts and pinpointing what needs to be extracted."
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