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.

Having practised in criminal law during his first few years at the Bar, Toby is an experienced jury advocate.

In 2018, Toby was appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown, which has resulted in him being instructed to represent interested

Examples of recent instructions include:

• Representing the organisers of the Tour de Yorkshire Sportive at an inquest touching the death of a participant
• Representing a HGV driver at an inquest touching the death of a motorist killed in a road traffic accident on the A1 in North Yorkshire
• Representing the MOJ at an inquest touching the death of a serving prisoner
• Representing the driver of a motor vehicle at an inquest touching the deaths of two road users killed on the M65 near Blackburn
• Representing the family of a lady discharged from hospital whilst complaining of chest pain, who died within hours of being sent home
• Representing a treating GP at an inquest touching the death of a young child

Toby has a nationwide serious injury practice. In addition to representing seriously injured Claimants, he represents a number of major insurers, NHS Trusts, local authorities and the government, having been appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown in 2018.

Toby only accepts instructions in claims allocated to the multi-track and is increasingly instructed in claims pleaded to in excess of £1 million, both as a junior alone and with the benefit of Leading Counsel.

Examples of recent instructions include:

Representing a Claimant who sustained a traumatic brain injury, significant reduction of sight and the loss of their hearing, smell and taste following a head injury sustained in a road traffic accident, led by Michael Rawlinson QC

Representing a Claimant who sustained a serious spinal cord injury having fallen from height at work, led by Gerard McDermott QC

Representing a Claimant who sustained a serious head injury as a result of alleged medical negligence and non-compliance with guidance from the relevant regulatory body in relation to the treatment of concussion, led by Gerard McDermott QC

Representing a Claimant who underwent a bilateral above-knee amputation following their involvement in a road traffic accident, led by Gerard McDermott QC

Representing a Claimant who sustained a traumatic brain injury having been knocked off his bicycle

Representing a Claimant who sustained serious lower limb injuries when the motor vehicle he was travelling in left the road and struck a tree  

Representing the Defendant to a claim involving a traumatic brain injury sustained by a pillion passenger on a motorcycle, led by Dr Nicholas Braslavsky QC

Representing a Defendant acting against Leading Counsel in a claim involving serious lower limb crush injuries sustained in a road traffic accident

Representing a Defendant acting against Leading Counsel in a claim involving life-changing post-traumatic stress disorder following an accident at work

Representing a Defendant in a high-value fatal accident claim with issues in relation to insurance indemnity