Martin Spencer QC

Year of call: 1979

Year of silk: 2003

Specialist areas: Clinical negligence, personal injury, professional negligence, regulatory and disciplinary.

Education: Hertford College, Oxford University: MA (jurisprudence) and Bachelor of Civil Law

Appointments: Recorder (2001)

• Wright v Secretary of State for Health [2009] 2 WLR 267. HL. Care Standards Act 2000 declared incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

• Chester v Afshar [2005] 1 AC 134.  Leading case on causation and the duty to warn in clinical negligence.  His argument was described by Lord Steyn as follows: "This was a powerful argument and persuasively presented".

Publications and lectures

• Kemp & Kemp (Editorial Board and chapter contributions)

"Researchers were overwhelmed with positive feedback for Martin Spencer QC.'His technical skills are undoubtedly impressive and he maintains an accessibility and approachability that makes him a user-friendly silk for solicitors.' Spencer is consistently successful when handling high-value quantum cases and liability matters, and is endorsed as 'combining the gravitas required in the courtroom with the sensitivity that makes him popular with clients'." Chambers UK 2010

"Hailsham Chambers' Martin Spencer QC is ‘absolutely excellent‘." Legal 500 2009

“Martin Spencer QC is a 'fantastic leader' who 'combines a user-friendly, approachable manner with impressive technical abilities'." Chambers UK, 2009