Richard Baker KC specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence work.
He is described by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a leading junior and has been ranked in both areas for a number of years.
He has built up a busy and successful practice and wins praise for his advocacy and problem solving skills but also his ability to relate to his clients, especially the bereaved. He was an Assistant Coroner in South Yorkshire between 2011 and 2016 and has earned an excellent reputation for his ability to manage complicated and difficult inquests.
Richard is happy to accept work from Claimants or Defendant organisations.
Clinical Negligence
Richard has specialised in complex clinical negligence work since he was called to the bar and has been described by Chambers and Partners as “an outstanding junior whose advocacy is superb. The quality of his work is superb” and “Determined and dogged in his approach. He is described in the most recent edition of the Legal 500 as “An extremely capable senior junior with a pleasant manner”.
He undertakes work covering all clinical and surgical specialties but takes a special interest in obstetric cases, having represented claimants in a large number of high value birth injury cases. He has been involved in several trials on liability and quantum in cases where the Claimants suffered catastrophic brain injury at birth or as babies.
He is highly experienced in high value quantum claims, having represented the Claimants at trial in both Manna v Central Manchester and JR v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Richard also has particular experience of working with the bereaved having represented many families through complicated and traumatic inquests and subsequent claims pursuant to the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 and Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934.
Personal Injury
Richard undertakes cases involving catastrophic injuries or complicated legal issues in the fields of employer’s liability, road traffic collisions, and sexual abuse. He is instructed by claimants and by defendant organisations.
He has been praised within the directories for his ability to provide “digestible and succinct advice” and for being “approachable and friendly” but also for his “thoroughness” and his “impressive reputation, particularly for his work on high-value brain injury cases” (Chambers & Partners).