Nigel Poole

Practice

Clinical Negligence
Personal Injury

Profile:

Nigel is a member of the Common Law group specialising in clinical negligence and personal injuries of the utmost severity. The UK Legal 500 notes his specialist practice in cosmetic surgery litigation. He was appointed to the Attorney General's (Provincial) Panel of Crown Counsel in 2000 and as a Legal Assessor to the General Medical Council in 2002.

Significant Reported Cases:

HMRC-v-Fenwood Developments, The Times 16.12.05

Midlands Co-operative Society -v- CCE [2002] STC 198

Ashfield D.C. - v- Commissioners of Customs and Excise [2001] STC 1706

Thompson -v- Home Office (2001) EWCA Civ. 331 The Independent 16.3.01

Sidney Tempest (T/A Cess Pool Sid) -v- CCE (2000) RTR 227

Gloster -v- Chief Constable GMP [2000] PIQR P114

Recommendations:  

Chambers UK 2008:
Leaders at the Bar - recommended in Clinical Negligence - "...
a key member of the set and is particularly expert in cosmetic surgery related litigation."

Chambers UK 2007:
Leaders at the Bar - Recommended in Clinical Negligence with particular expertise in cosmetic surgery, orthopaedics, dentistry and general practice.  He also has a substantial personal injury practiceincluding cases of the utmost severity.

Legal 500 2008:
"with his niche in cosmetic surgery, is also 'excellent in birth and infant negligence' cases"

Legal 500 2007:
"Nigel Poole's niche in cosmetic surgery medical negligence continues to grow within his highly competent wider practice"

UK Legal 500 (2004): "Nigel Poole receives client and peer commendation for his personal injury/clinical negligence work."

Memberships:
Personal Injury Bar Association
Northern Circuit Medical Law Association
Northern and North Eastern Circuits

 



 

Career & Education:

The Queen's College, Oxford:

First Class Honours in Politics,

City University, London:

 

 

 

Philosophy and Economics

Hastings Open Scholarship
Benefactors Prize

 

Inns of Court School of Law: Diploma in Law
Year of Call:

1989 Middle Temple

Queen Mother Major Scholarship

Panels:

 

 

2000 to date: appointed by Attorney General
Junior Counsel to the Crown  (Provincial Panel)
2002 to date: Legal Assessor to General Medical Council

 

  

 

Nigel Poole

Year of Call:  1989

Specialises In:
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

Clerked by:
 Stephen Loxton

 

 

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