Justin Valentine

Justin specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation acting almost exclusively for claimants.

He undertakes all aspects of clinical negligence work with a particular focus on:

• Birth injury and neo-natal claims (hypoglycaemic and hypoxic injury)
• Cauda equina claims
• Vascular diabetes claims (typically resulting in loss of foot or leg)
• Delayed cancer diagnosis claims
• Surgical errors and mismanagement of infection

He has extensive experience in both JSMs and in mediation. He is instructed by many of the leading firms in clinical negligence.

In the personal injury context, he has a particular interest in multi-track workplace claims and claims involving vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists). He has successfully litigated complex cases involving the Animals Act.

He has a reputation for robust pleadings, skilled negotiation, persuasive advocacy and excellent client care.

He regularly drafts schedules and counter schedules of loss in complex high-value and catastrophic injury cases.

He has experience in representing interested parties at inquests in both clinical negligence and personal injury cases.

He also has extensive experience of costs’ issues affecting multi-track work.

Justin practised in the North West for over 15 years. Upon relocating back to the South West he joined St John’s Chambers in 2016. Prior to joining the Bar in 1999 he worked in two psychiatric hospitals, before undertaking a Masters in sociology and working as a research associate at the University of Kent at Canterbury in the centre for health services studies for three years.

He is a keen pianist and a fluent German speaker.