Personal Injury & Travel

"The clerks go out of their way to find cover, they keep you super-up to date and meet your needs. They are really strong. They are relentless in their support and clarity." - Travel: International Personal Injury respondent UK Bar

Chambers & Partners 2026

"3 Hare Court offers excellent clerking." - Travel: International Personal Injury respondent UK Bar

Chambers & Partners 2026

"The clerks are professional, approachable and quick to respond. They know their barristers very well and are excellent at pairing them with the needs of a particular case." - Travel: International Personal Injury respondent UK Bar

Chambers & Partners 2026

‘3 Hare Court are an exceptional set of Chambers. Friendly, approachable, reliable, assured extremely able and an extremely safe pair of hands for aviation and travel law.’

Legal 500 2023

'3 Hare Court have a number of very skilled barristers in the travel field. The Clerks are very helpful and prompt in their responses.’

Legal 500 2023

‘Very strong in the area of travel litigation.’ ‘High quality barristers across the board.’

Legal 500 2023

‘3 Hare Court have always been exceptionally good at travel law, with some very talented juniors.’

Legal 500 - 2022

‘3 Hare Court are renowned for their travel set and have a wide range of counsels at all levels. The senior barristers clearly support and guide the pupils and more junior members as the level of knowledge is consistent throughout.’

Legal 500 - 2022

‘They specialise in international work so have a lot of counsel who are strong in this area and this is reflected in the very useful articles that they put out as a set. Their training courses are also very helpful and well put together.’

Legal 500 - 2022

‘3 Hare Court has a strong group of barristers who specialise in travel law. There is hence always somebody available when required.’

Legal 500 - 2022

"The clerks are friendly and very responsive. They work with you to ensure that they always deliver a high level of service to our clients." - Travel: International Personal Injury respondent UK Bar

Chambers & Partners 2025

"The clerks are responsive and accommodating." - Travel: International Personal Injury respondent UK Bar

Chambers & Partners 2025

"The clerks are always prompt in passing on instructions and dealing with financial matters." - Travel: International Personal Injury respondent UK Bar

Chambers & Partners 2025

'The clerks are great; extremely accommodating, very friendly, and they will always try to help. James Donovan in particular is an absolute pleasure to deal with.'

Legal 500 2025

'Always had very good service. I have a good working relationship with Toby Eales, always very helpful.'

Legal 500 2025

'One of the best when it comes to travel claims, with a number of specialist barristers in this area, there is real strength in depth.'

Legal 500 2025

'3 Hare Court has a strong stable of talent in the international/ travel work. '

Legal 500 2025

'A truly exceptional set full of some of the best barristers in their respective fields, highly educated, approachable and commercially astute set of barristers.'

Legal 500 2025

'They provide a first class service in the Travel Package injury claims arena and have been involved in many of the seminal judgements in this area. They have extensive expertise in this area.'

Legal 500 2025

'3 Hare Court has always been my first choice when it comes to instructing barristers for this type of work.'

Legal 500 2025

"The clerks are very friendly, provide prompt responses and are very supportive." - Travel: International Personal Injury

Chambers & Partners 2024

"They go the extra mile and provide a prompt service." - Travel: International Personal Injury

Chambers & Partners 2024

‘Strong in cross-border personal injury, with several leading individuals.’

Legal 500 2024

'A leading set in cross-border personal injury.’

Legal 500 2024

‘3 Hare Court are specialists in travel and are the best set for this field. There are a number of barristers in the set with a wealth of experience.’

Legal 500 2024

‘Good availability of counsel at varying levels to suit different instructions.’

Legal 500 - 2022

‘The set does have alternative very capable barristers.’

Legal 500 - 2022

‘3 Hare Court is a very solid set in the cross-border personal injury/travel claims arena.’

Legal 500 - 2022

‘Chambers are very responsive.’

Legal 500 - 2022

‘3 Hare Court are an excellent, traditional set who will always be top of my list to instruct.’

Legal 500 - 2022

The 3 Hare Court personal injury team takes great pride in being recognised as a Leading Set in Personal Injury by the Legal 500 which states “3 Hare Court is ‘an excellent set’ which covers the full gamut of personal injury matters from fast track cases to the most complex disputes.” Our silks and juniors are ranked as leading practitioners, and both Howard Stevens KC and Katherine Deal KC have in recent years been named Legal500 ‘Personal Injury Silk of the Year’.

We act for both claimants and defendants, including tour operators, local authorities, airlines and foreign and domestic insurers, providing specialist (and practical) advice and representation, at trial as well as at mediations and joint settlement meetings. The breadth of our team’s expertise is such that we act in claims of all levels, including handling the most substantial and complex disputes, involving serious head and spinal injuries, catastrophic and fatal accidents. We frequently provide representation at inquests.

The team has expertise in the full range of personal injury actions including:

Road traffic cases – both insured and MIB claims
Highways cases
Employers’ liability
Industrial disease, including asbestos related illnesses and noise-induced hearing loss

Sports and equine accidents
Abuse cases including historical abuse
Military and security matters

A specific area of personal injury specialisation for many of our members is travel law. 3 Hare Court has long been recognised as a leading set in the field of travel law (international personal injury) in the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Who’s Who Legal directories.

We act for claimants and leading airlines, tour operators, travel agents, and cruise lines and their insurers at all stages of litigation and ADR in claims arising under the Package Travel Regulations 1992 and 2018, incidents occurring in the course of carriage by air, sea and rail and direct actions involving foreign domiciled insurers and parties.

Members of Chambers have acted in numerous ground breaking cases involving issues of jurisdiction and conflicts of law. We frequently act in claims pursued in the courts of England and Wales which are determined under foreign law. We have particular expertise in inquiries and inquests arising out of deaths abroad including overseas terrorist incidents.

Some members additionally specialise in aviation law, with extensive experience of Convention claims and general aviation accidents.

Members have contributed to textbooks on personal injury and travel litigation and we frequently circulate bulletins and provide seminars and webinars on a variety of personal injury topics, including all aspects of travel litigation and personal injury and pertinent aspects of civil procedure such as QOCS and fundamental dishonesty. We are also an ABTA Partner.

Members are highly recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners 2026 UK Bar Guides for their expertise and market recognition in Personal Injury & Travel:

Legal 500 2026

Tier 4 Ranking as a set for Personal Injury
Howard Stevens KC – Leading Silk for Personal Injury
Katherine Deal KC – Leading Silk for Personal Injury and Aviation & Travel
Andrew Young – Leading Junior for Personal Injury
Dan Saxby – Leading Junior for Personal Injury
James Hawkins – Leading Junior for Personal Injury
Asela Wijeyaratne – Leading Junior for Personal Injury

Chambers & Partners 2026

Band 1 Ranking as a set for Travel: International Personal Injury
Howard Stevens KC – Leading Silk for Travel: International Personal Injury
Katherine Deal KC – Leading Silk for Travel: International Personal Injury, Personal Injury and Aviation
Andrew Young – Leading Junior for Travel: International Personal Injury
Dan Saxby – Leading Junior for Travel: International Personal Injury
James Hawkins – Leading Junior for Travel: International Personal Injury and Personal Injury
Asela Wijeyaratne – Leading Junior for Travel: International Personal Injury
Michael Nkrumah – Leading Junior for Travel: International Personal Injury

Details of cases in which our members have acted, or are acting, are set out in each barrister’s profile. Notable cases include:

Rawson v TUI (2025) EWHC 2093 (KB)

Concerning the evidential burden in gastric illness claims. Read the Judgment here.

Yordanov v Vasilev & Ors (2024) EWHC 1496 (KB)

Hearing of preliminary issues arising from a road traffic accident. The claim involved arguments as to whether Bulgarian or English law should apply to the claim brought by Yordanov and is presently one of the leading cases on the interpretation of articles 4(2) and 4(3) of the Rome II regulations, which determine which law applies to a negligence claim. Read the Judgment here.

Griffiths v TUI (2023) UKSC 48

A Supreme Court Judgment in whether, and (if so), in what circumstances, can the court evaluate and reject what is described as an “uncontroverted” expert’s report? in relation to a personal injury claim. Read the Judgment here.

X v Kuoni (2021) UKSC 34

A Supreme Court Judgment on a claim arising out of the sexual assault of the Appellant during a package holiday to Sri Lanka. Read the Judgment here.

Dodd v Raebarn Estates Ltd & Ors (2016) EWHC 262 (QB)

Concerning the distinction between improvement and repairs under the Defective Premises Act 1972. Read the Judgment here.

Swift & Ors v Fred Olsen Cruise Lines (2016) EWCA Civ 785

16 passengers who brought claims against the Defendant, a well-known cruise operator, for norovirus acquired onboard during a number of cruises on “MS BOUDICCA” in March and April 2011. Read the Judgment here.

Keefe v Hoteles Pinero Canarias SL (2015) EWCA Civ 598

The Court considered whether the English court has jurisdiction to entertain the claim brought by a English claimant injured in Tenerife against the Spanish hotel, when that claim is coupled to a direct claim against the Spanish liability insurer. Read the Judgment here.

Homawoo v GMF Assurance SA & Ors (2010) EWHC 1941 (QB)

The court was required to determine, as a preliminary issue, whether Regulation 864/2007 applied to a claim by the claimant (H) for personal injury against the defendant insurance company (G). The claim arose out of an injury sustained in a road traffic accident in France on August 29, 2007. Read the Judgment here.