Jamie practices exclusively in the areas of personal injury and clinical negligence. His practice now primarily focuses upon claims involving catastrophic injury of substantial value
He is consistently ranked as a leading barrister for personal injury work in Chambers UK and the Legal 500, having been described therein as “a great all-round barrister” who is “likeable, very approachable and a pragmatic thinker”.
Jamie has extensive experience of all areas of personal injury practice, including the following areas:
Brain Injury
Jamie has considerable experience of serious brain litigation and has been praised by Chambers UK as displaying an “impressive aptitude in tackling difficult causation and quantum issues in claims involving spinal and brain injuries” (2023). He has experience of claims involving traumatic brain injury, including those leading to subarachnoid haemorrhage and stroke. He also has experience of claims involving epilepsy, including a recent claim (with Leading Counsel) of brain damage and uncontrolled epilepsy which settled for 6.5 million at a roundtable settlement meeting.
Spinal Injury
Jamie has long been recognised as a specialist in cases of severe spinal injury, including by Chambers UK (“particularly knowledgeable in spinal injury” (2017); “he displays impressive aptitude in tackling difficult causation and quantum issues in claims involving spinal and brain injuries” (2023)). Recent work in this area includes a settlement of 400,000 in case involving a fall from a ladder at work where the true cause of the accident was firmly in dispute.
Amputation
He has been involved in a number of cases involving lower limb amputation, including a recent case of below knee amputation following an accident at work that settled for 1.3 million.
Serious Orthopaedic Injury and Pain Syndromes
He has considerable experience of claims involving serious orthopaedic injury and / or pain syndromes, including a recent case of severe lower limb fractures and CRPS following accident at work which settled at a roundtable settlement conference (with leading Counsel) for 1.4 million.
Fatal Injuries and Lost Years Claims
He has extensive experience of claims arising out of fatal accidents and those where injury has caused a reduced life expectancy, including a recent settlement of 750,000 in a case where an unusual claim for commercial care and accommodation was advanced on a behalf of a dependent child who suffered from severe autism.
Employer’s liability
Recent work in this area includes a case arising out of an assault of a security guard whilst at work causing serious psychiatric injury, which settled at a roundtable settlement meeting for 580,000, and a case of serious hand injury caused by a conveyor belt in a factory, where liability and contributory negligence were in dispute, which settled at a roundtable settlement meeting for the gross equivalent of 385,000 (before applying an agreed liability apportionment).
Road traffic accidents
Including experience of cross-examining accident reconstruction experts at trial.
Public liability
Claims involving allegations of fraud
Complex interlocutory hearings and procedural issues
Applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Coroner’s Inquests
Jamie is a member of the LexisNexis expert panel for answering queries relating to personal injury claims, and regularly provides seminars to professional clients on a variety of subjects.
Recommendations
“Jamie Gamble is an experienced senior junior who is well regarded for his expertise in personal injury and clinical negligence work. He has a particular focus on cases involving catastrophic injury and death. Jamie has a good eye for detail and is very tactically astute.”
Chambers UK Bar 2023 – Personal Injury
“Jamie is highly intelligent with a very sharp legal brain. He is quick to grasp the key elements of a case and is excellent strategically, taking a pragmatic approach to resolve cases for the benefit of the client. He is approachable and develops a good rapport with clients, putting them at ease, a vital skill in this area of work.”
Legal 500 2023 - Personal Injury
“He has very good attention to detail and is very attentive to the client’s needs and circumstances.”
Chambers UK Bar 2022 – Personal Injury
“Jamie has tremendous technical knowledge and attention to detail combined with tactical expertise enabling him to quickly identify the key issues in a case and take a strategic approach”
Legal 500 2022 – Personal Injury
“He forms good relationships with clients and quickly puts them at ease Has an excellent legal brain and can get to the crux of a problem exceptionally quickly. He takes a sensible, pragmatic approach to cases."
Chambers UK Bar 2021 – Personal Injury
“He has an excellent legal brain and can get to the crux of a problem exceptionally quickly”
Legal 500 2021 – Personal Injury
"His grasp of technical matters and the detail of the case is great."
Chambers UK Bar 2020 – Personal Injury
“Likeable, very approachable and a pragmatic thinker”
Legal 500 2020 – Personal Injury
"He's fiercely intellectual and has a very analytical brain. A very technical barrister who's good with clients and is a very safe pair of hands."
Chambers UK Bar 2019 – Personal Injury
“He has an incredibly sharp mind”
Legal 500 2019 – Personal Injury
Notable Cases
Re S (2022)
Severe spinal fracture following fall from ladder at a construction site. Causation firmly in dispute and significant issues regarding the claimants’ medical history and the cause of the accident raised. Settled for 400,000.
Beazley v JD Wetherspoons Plc (2021)
Brain injury following an accident at work. Liability was in dispute and the Defendant alleged fundamental dishonesty, arguing that the Claimant was fabricating his cognitive symptoms. Jamie acted for the Claimant at a 3-day trial involving cross-examination of neuropsychology experts. The Claimant succeeded on liability, with no finding of contributory negligence or fundamental dishonesty.
Williams v LVI Ltd (2021)
Successful appeal of order striking out two claims following a road traffic accident. Order overturned for reasons including that the judge at first instance was wrong to take into account the effect of the qualified one-way costs shifting regime in considering whether a costs order was a reasonable alternative to striking out the claims.
Re M (2020)
Assault of a security guard whilst at work causing serious psychiatric injury. Settled for 580,000 at a roundtable settlement meeting.
Re A (2020)
Serious hand injury at caused by conveyor belt at work. Liability and contributory negligence in dispute. Settled at a roundtable settlement meeting for gross equivalent of 387,500 before agreed liability apportionment.
Re B (2019)
Accident at work leading to below-knee amputation. Settled for 1.3m.
Re S (2017)
Severe lower limb fractures and CRPS following accident at work. Settled at a roundtable settlement conference (with leading Counsel) for 1.4m.
Re B (2013)
Above knee amputation following a motorcycle accident. Dealt with all aspects of the case without a Leader until a roundtable settlement conference, at which the case settled for 1.6m.
Memberships
Personal Injuries Bar Association
APIL
AvMA
Qualifications
MA (Cantab) Law (Selwyn College, Cambridge University)
BVC (Inns of Court Schools of Law)
