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Bella Webb

Call: 2000

"Bella is extremely thorough. Her attention to detail is exceptional which makes her a reliable and highly trustworthy barrister - she leaves no stone unturned in ensuring the claim is watertight."

The Legal 500 2024

"She combines her thorough understanding of the medical issues with skillful legal analysis. She is practical, direct and empathetic with clients."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Bella is very personable and has a wonderful manner with clients. Her advocacy is extremely well prepared, persuasive and structured. She has excellent drafting skills and a meticulous attention-to-detail."

The Legal 500 2023

"Bella's skills include excellent case analysis and tactical decision making." "She is very practical but doesn't lose sight of the client at the centre of the case." "She is a very impressive and prepared advocate."

Chambers & Partners 2023

Overview

Bella Webb is a specialist in clinical negligence, medical regulatory work and personal injury.

Bella has a growing and successful high-value clinical negligence practise, where her empathetic and compassionate approach allows vulnerable and often distressed clients to feel as at ease as possible and to have total confidence in her expertise. Areas of particular interest include delayed cancer diagnosis claims and birth defects.

Her disciplinary practice involves representing practitioners and professional bodies in professional conduct and capability proceedings before the GMC, HCPC, and NMC, and in respect of which her early background in employment law has proved valuable. She has also appeared in cases before the General Teaching Council.

Bella is also regularly instructed by both Claimants and Defendants in personal injury claims. She undertakes high value claims, both as junior counsel and in her own right, including catastrophic injury work and before the Court of Appeal.  Her personal injury practise also includes all aspects of personal injury litigation, including road traffic accidents, workplace and public liability claims, industrial/occupational disease, fatal accidents and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) applications.

Bella is often praised by those instructing her for her robust approach to difficult cases, and her personable manner which helps to put anxious clients at ease.

She has a reputation for care, professionalism and detail, without sacrificing the “human” empathy inherent in every case.

She is credited in The Legal 500 as an advocate who “inspires confidence in clients”(2015).

Professional Memberships

  •  AVMA
  •  Personal Injury Bar Association

Career and qualifications

  • Tenant at Old Square Chambers since 2001
  • 2000-2001 – 12 month pupillage at Old Square Chambers
  • 12 October 2000 – Admitted to the Bar – Middle Temple. Awarded Queen Mother’s Scholarship
  • 1999-2000 – BVC Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills Very Competent
  • 1996-1999 – St Catherine’s College, MA (June 2005). Jurisprudence BA: 2: 1
  • 1999 – First Year Moderations: 1:1 Awarded highest mark in the university for module 1. Winner of the Slaughter and May prize for inter university, mooting against Robinson College, Cambridge

Publications

  • 10 May 2007 – CPR Part 36 and Periodical Payments. Commissioned by Pattinson and Brewer Solicitors with a view to publication in JPIL
  • February 2007 – Health and Care Professions Council – Friend or Foe? Commissioned by Holman, Fenwick and Willan Solicitors and published in the British Journal of Podiatry in March 2007

Interests

In her spare time, Bella enjoys spending family time with her young daughter, dancing (particularly Ceroc and Latin American) and playing the drums – the very best stress reliever.

Professional Recommendations

“Bella can understand the medicine and unpick the details. She is particularly great at oncology cases.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“She combines her thorough understanding of the medical issues with skillful legal analysis. She is practical, direct and empathetic with clients.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“Her approach is collaborative and she is able to identify the crucial nuances of a case.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“She pays excellent attention to detail and is rigorous when examining the evidence.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“Bella is extremely thorough. Her attention to detail is exceptional which makes her a reliable and highly trustworthy barrister – she leaves no stone unturned in ensuring the claim is watertight.”

The Legal 500 2024

“She is a very impressive and prepared advocate.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“She is very practical but doesn’t lose sight of the client at the centre of the case.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Bella’s skills include excellent case analysis and tactical decision making.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Bella is very personable and has a wonderful manner with clients. Her advocacy is extremely well prepared, persuasive and structured. She has excellent drafting skills and a meticulous attention-to-detail.”

The Legal 500 2023

“Very intelligent. Calm and confident. Her knowledge of the details means clients and solicitors have confidence in her.”

The Legal 500 2022

“She is so compassionate with the clients and is very bright and analytical.” “Her medical knowledge is great and she is very skilful at managing expert witnesses in conference. She is thorough, responsive and efficient.” “Her hard work and determination are key to getting a great outcome.”

Chambers & Partners 2022

“She has a brilliant forensic mind and is very thorough, detailed and robust in pleadings. She’s also always friendly and responsive.” “She’s very user-friendly and really works as part of the team.” “Her level of preparation is exceptional and she produces very clear and compelling written work. She is very helpful and has a courteous manner, but is tenacious and unflappable in court.”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“Knowledgeable, professional and courteous to clients.” “Extremely hardworking. An outstanding advocate. Fights for her clients with tenacity and vigour. Trusted by tribunals. Gets results.”

The Legal 500 2021

“Able to explain complex issues in a clear manner. She is a skilled negotiator, taking a robust approach when required.”

The Legal 500 2020

“She is terrific with clients, her attention to detail is impeccable and she is a skilled negotiator.”

The Legal 500 2018

“She is incredibly approachable and clients appreciate her warm and understanding approach.”

The Legal 500 2017

Expertise

Clinical Negligence

Personal Injury

Professional Regulatory & Discipline


Recent and current work

Key contacts

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William Meade (Senior Clerk)

07970 649 755