Toby Coupe

Toby has a nationwide serious injury practice, which often leads to him being instructed to represent interested parties at inquests, in order to provide early strategic advice and assess the merits of any potential claims. Toby is an experienced jury advocate and in 2018 he was appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown, which has resulted in him being instructed to represent a number of government agencies in the Coroner’s Court.

Toby has a nationwide serious injury practice, representing catastrophically injured Claimants, insurance companies, NHS Trusts, local authorities and the government, having been appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown in 2018. He only accepts instructions in claims valued in excess of £100,000 and is increasingly instructed in claims valued in excess of £1 million, both as a junior alone and with the benefit of Leading Counsel.

The majority of Toby’s work involves acquired brain and spinal cord injuries, claims arising out of fatal accidents and significant orthopaedic injuries, often leading to amputation and/or chronic pain. Examples of recent work include:

• Recovering a seven-figure sum for a Claimant with a T10 spinal cord injury, with Gerard McDermott QC
• Recovering a seven-figure sum for Claimant with a mild TBI and serious orthopaedic injuries
• Recovering a seven-figure sum for a Claimant following an above knee amputation, with Gerard McDermott QC
• Recovering a six-figure sum for a Claimant with a mild TBI and a short life expectancy
• Representing a Claimant following an upper limb amputation
• Representing a Claimant with a T9 spinal cord injury, with Sarah Pritchard QC
• Representing a Claimant with a C7 spinal cord injury, with Gerard McDermott QC
• Representing a Claimant with a severe TBI, with Nick Braslavsky QC
• Defending a complex fatal accident claim, with Michael Rawlinson QC
• Successfully defending a High Court liability only trial, resulting in seven-figure savings for the Defendant
• Successfully defending a trial over the issue of medical causation, resulting in seven-figure savings for the Defendant
• Defending numerous claims arising out of accident on the road, at work and in public places pleaded to seven-figure sums