Eliot Woolf QC. Barrister Profiles. Dubai. Manchester. London. New York. Abu Dhabi

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1 Barrister Profiles Eliot Woolf QC London Manchester Abu Dhabi New York Dubai Outer Temple Chambers The Outer Temple 222 Strand London WC2R 1BA T: +44 (0) F: +44 (0) E Fax: +44 (0) DX: LDE 351 (Chancery Lane St James s Building Oxford Street Manchester M1 6FQ T: +44 (0) Floor #5, Block B, Al Saman Towers Hamdan Street Abu Dhabi, UAE T: Rockefeller Plaza 16th Floor New York NY United States T: +1 (212) Level 15 The Gate Building Dubai International Financial Centre Dubai, UAE T:

2 ii Contents Eliot Woolf QC... 1 Clinical Negligence... 1 Cases... 1 Personal Injury... 2 Cases... 2 International Illness, Injury & Travel... 3 Cases... 4 Appointments & Memberships... 4 Recommendations... 4 Testimonials... 5

3 1 Eliot Woolf QC Year of call Silk Eliot Woolf specialises exclusively in the fields of Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury (domestic and international). His Clinical Negligence practice is wide ranging, representing both claimants and defendants. His Personal Injury work has a focus on catastrophic brain and spinal injury claims, military claims and foreign accident / group illness claims. As a junior, Chambers & Partners regularly ranked him as Band 1 in the categories of Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Travel Law. Similarly, he was ranked in The Legal 500 as a leading junior in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Consumer Law. He is co-author of Personal Injury Practice (6th ed), published by Bloomsbury. Clinical Negligence Eliot s Clinical Negligence practice is wide ranging, acting on behalf of Claimants, the NHSLA, MPS and MDU. He regularly appears in contested trials. Recent examples have been trials in the specialisms of haematology, accident and emergency medicine, cardiology, general surgery, vascular surgery, spinal surgery, orthopaedic surgery and ophthalmology. Cases Meadows v Hafshah Khan [2017] EWCH 2990 (QB) Succeeded at trial on behalf of the Claimant with Philip Havers QC. Successfully established that the scope of the duty of care in a wrongful birth claim included not only the child s haemophilia (for which advice had been sought prior to the pregnancy) but also his autism which was unrelated to the haemophilia but arose as a natural consequence of the pregnancy. Damages awarded in the sum of 9m. Jaciubek v (1) Gulati (2) Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 269 (QB)

4 2 Successful defence at trial of a claim on behalf of a Trust concerning an alleged failure to diagnose a subarachnoid haemorrhage at the Trust s A & E Department. Dyas v Theoulakis [2016] Succeeded at trial acting on behalf of the Claimant, concerning delayed diagnosis of acute angle glaucoma. Crammond v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 3540 (QB) Succeeded at trial acting on behalf of the Claimant, concerning negligent referral from A & E to a Same Day Treatment Centre. Pullen v Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 3134 (QB) Succeeded at trial acting on behalf of the Claimant in relation to negligently performed hip surgery. Sumner v Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Anr [2015] EWHC 293 (QB) With Christopher Wilson-Smith QC. Successfully established liability and quantum on behalf of behalf of a Claimant who was inappropriately mobilised with spinal injuries. Michael v Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust [2014] EWHC Successfully defended a claim at trial on behalf of the Trust concerning allegedly negligently performed cholesystectomy and anastomotic repair of the bowel. Acting for Defendant. Junior Counsel alone. Cerebral palsy. Settled equivalent to 10m. Acting for the Claimant with Lizanne Gumbel QC Cerebral palsy relating to delivery in 1994 in midwifery led unit. Settled for equivalent to 10m on lump sum basis (based on 60% value). Personal Injury Eliot s Personal Injury practice covers all areas in this field, with a particular emphasis on RTA related catastrophic brain and spinal injury claims, accidents at work, military claims and disease work. He also appears in the CICA. Cases Stoddart v Percucca [2011] EWCA Civ 290

5 3 Child Claimant knocked down on her horse. Succeeded claim on behalf of the Claimant at trial and in the Court of Appeal. Road traffic accident T6 complete paraplegia contributory negligence and quantum. Settled 1.85m + PPs of 60,000/yr rising to 86,000/yr. With Gerard McDermott QC. T8 complete paraplegia following RTA Settled for 3.75m. With Gordon Bebb QC. Andrews v British Airways Plc [2007] EWHC 3051 (QB) Successfully defended a claim for personal injury concerning injuries sustained by cabin crew on a transatlantic flight caused by turbulence. Acting for a Claimant against the Ministry of Defence Following a negligent intubation during an evacuation by helicopter in Afghanistan. Claimant left in a minimally conscious state with reduced life expectancy. Settled for the equivalent of 5.1m. Humphrey v Aegis Defence Services Ltd [2014] EWHC 989 (QB) Acting on behalf of the Claimant at first instance and with Robert Weir QC in the Court of Appeal. Accident sustained by security contractor taking part in a training exercises in Iraq. Acting for Claimant sustaining catastrophic injuries When explosives negligently detonated during a training exercise, resulting in blindness and amputation of one arm. Settled for equivalent of 5.58m (lump sum + PPs). CICA 5.6 m recovered for non-accidental injuries shortly after birth [2011]. 7.9 m recovered for non-accidental injuries to a baby [2012]. International Illness, Injury & Travel Eliot has a longstanding travel law practice, with particular emphasis on group actions involving widespread gastric illness outbreaks or multi-party road traffic accidents abroad. He appeared for the successful Claimant in Kempson v First Choice Holidays, establishing the basis for strict liability in salmonella claims. Other examples are the first contested trial involving a cryptosporidium

6 4 outbreak (Eldridge & Others v TUI UK Ltd) and a coach crash in Morcocco resulting in catastrophic injuries to multiple Claimants. Cases Acting for Claimant following an RTA in Spain Head injury. Liability compromised. Settled 760,000. Acting for Claimant injured in an accident at work in Nicaragua Settled at JSM. Briggs & 598 Others v First Choice Holidays & Others Acting for 599 Claimants following a large scale outbreak of illness at a hotel in Turkey. Acting for a Claimant whose baby died as a result of food poisoning in Egypt Settled for seven figure sum [2017]. Acting for 11 year old girl contracting e-coli 0157 infection on holiday in Turkey Resulting in kidney failure and the need for a renal transplant. Life expectancy significantly reduced. Provisional damages. Acting for 6 Claimants following a coach crash in Morocco One paraplegic. Settled to full value of Defendant s limited insurance cover plus additional payments. Eldridge & Others v TUI UK Ltd Acting for Claimants with David Allan QC. First successful trial involving an outbreak of cryptosporidium in a swimming pool in Majorca. Application of Balearic Regulations. Judgment for Claimants. Appointments & Memberships APIL TATLA PIBA PNBA Recommendations

7 5 Testimonials Good with clients, very bright and very sharp. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2018 An authoritative, methodical and extremely able junior who is approachable and pleasant to work with. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2018 Very experienced, very affable and very charming to be against. Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2018 Cool, calm and collected. His preparation is incredible and he has a good relationship with clients. Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2018 An exceptionally knowledgeable, personable and approachable litigator. A wonderful advocate and a great team player. Travel, Chambers & Partners 2018 He displays great care and is brilliant at handling experts and clients. Travel, Chambers & Partners 2018 A very safe pair of hands and brilliant at handling clients and experts. Personal Injury, Legal A very effective advocate. Consumer, Travel, Legal Thorough, efficient and excellent with clients. Clinical Negligence, Legal Eliot is an exceptionally knowledgeable, personable and approachable litigator, a wonderful advocate and a great team player. Travel, Chambers & Partners 2017 He s very pleasant to work with due to having a great way with clients and an ability to explain difficult concepts in simple terms. Travel, Chambers & Partners 2017 Eliot s client care is fantastic and he can deal with tricky situations in a sensitive, palatable way that the client

8 6 understands. Travel, Chambers & Partners 2017 He s very good and fantastic with clients. Always cool as a cucumber. Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2017 He is extremely well prepared and he seems to always know what the other side is thinking he s always three chess moves ahead, it s amazing. Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2017 He s a very clever operator. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2017 He is absolutely brilliant intellectually. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2017 Extremely competent and knowledgeable in the field of international personal injury. Consumer, Legal He always gets to the heart of the issues, and is a shrewd advocate and negotiator. Legal Eliot Woolf is a class act to work with, personally and professionally, and someone who you re in very safe hands with when you re moving forward with a case. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2016 He is a thoughtful and astute negotiator who has excellent judgement and is great with clients. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2016 He is an excellent advocate. He is tenacious and extremely knowledgeable. Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2016 He has fantastic diplomacy skills, so he is very good with the tricky client or opponent. Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2016 He is approachable, offers an extremely fast turnaround and is brilliant with the clients. Travel: International Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2016 He inspires confidence and has a really easy way with lay clients who have been through a traumatic experience. Travel: International Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2016 His advocacy skills are exceptional and are driven by a real desire to do the best he can for his clients. Clinical Negligence, Legal Very good with clients and very astute, he s able to identify issues straight away and get straight to the point. A very kind advocate who s clever, considered and patient. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2015 He has a first-rate brain and great client skills. Personal Injury, Legal Very practical, good on the detail, sensible and straightforward. Extremely knowledgeable, well prepared and highly analytical, he is an excellent advocate who inspires confidence. Personal Injury, Chambers &

9 7 Partners 2015 His eye for detail is fantastic. He is highly intelligent, highly analytical and his client care is the best I have seen. A man who offers intellectual value, he s very charming and very good with judges. Travel: International Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2015 A highly persuasive advocate and a great team player. Travel, Legal A straightforward barrister who is able to simplify complicated issues. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2014 Sharp as they come and an excellent advocate; he must be a tip for silk in the near future. Clinical Negligence, Legal He s absolutely brilliant; he fills clients with confidence and because he s so thorough, clever and well prepared he s rarely on the back foot. He takes things in a very calm and measured way. Personal Injury, Chambers & Partners 2014 Realistic and always reliable. Personal Injury, Legal He s lovely, very charming and judges love him. He has very good judgement so they know that when he says something it s because he s thought it through. He could charm the birds out of the trees. Travel, Chambers & Partners 2014 A marvellous team worker, who is unafraid of a difficult case. Clinical Negligence, Chambers & Partners 2013 Eliot Woolf is determined to get the best for his clients. Clinical Negligence, Legal Eliot Woolf s client care skills are second to none. Personal Injury, Legal Eliot Woolf brings a detailed and methodical approach to his cases and is very hard-working and imaginative in the way he tackles matters. Instructing solicitors praise his reliability, and ease with clients, and note that he displays particular excellence in the area of travel law. Chambers & Partners 2013 Eliot Woolf has an excellent eye for detail, as well as being very good at handling experts. Travel, Legal Sympathetic, clever and exceptionally good with clients. Solicitors are always very comfortable with his trial experience. Chambers & Partners 2012 Eliot Woolf can be relied upon to go the extra mile. Legal Incredibly well-prepared and diligent, he quickly gets to the meatier parts of a case and can hold witnesses to the point. Chambers & Partners 2012

10 8 The highly intelligent Eliot Woolf, is commended for his client care. Personal Injury, Legal Commentators state that Eliot Woolf is fabulous and they particularly delight in his laid-back but effective approach. A man with a charming demeanour in court. Travel, Chambers & Partners 2012 A real star Personal injury, Legal 500, 2011 Methodical, clear and concise, charming and very easy to work with. Personal injury, Chambers and Partners 2011 Eliot Woolf comes highly recommended for his thorough and reliable attitude, and his unusually good understanding of costs issues. A significant amount of his recent work has involved military claims, although he continues to receive instructions for high-value RTA claims. Personal injury, Chambers & Partners 2010 Intelligent and pragmatic, pays fantastic attention to detail. Personal injury, Legal London Manchester Abu Dhabi New York Dubai Outer Temple Chambers The Outer Temple 222 Strand London WC2R 1BA T: +44 (0) F: +44 (0) E Fax: +44 (0) DX: LDE 351 (Chancery Lane St James s Building Oxford Street Manchester M1 6FQ T: +44 (0) Floor #5, Block B, Al Saman Towers Hamdan Street Abu Dhabi, UAE T: Rockefeller Plaza 16th Floor New York NY United States T: +1 (212) Level 15 The Gate Building Dubai International Financial Centre Dubai, UAE T: