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James Berry

CALLED TO THE BAR 2006

Junior Counsel


General Profile

Background

 

2008                        Tenant at 3 Serjeants’ Inn

2007                        LLM, Harvard Law School

2006                        Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn

                                Lord Denning, Wolfson and Hardwicke Scholarships

                                BVC, Inns of Court School of Law

2005                        LLB (First Class), University College, London

                                Sweet & Maxwell Prize (highest mark - final year), Dean’s List

 

Email: jberry@3serjeantsinn.com



General Information

 


Directory Comments

 


Nature of Practice

 

Employment law - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE

Contractual disputes

Disciplinary procedures

Discrimination and victimisation

Employer’s liability

General employment advice

Regulated employment

Unfair and wrongful dismissal

Whistleblowing

 

Medical law - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE

Clinical negligence

Healthcare and medical law

Human rights

Inquests and inquiries

Mental health / best interests

Product liability and group litigation

Professional discipline

 

Police law - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE

Civil actions against the police

Civil applications

Covert surveillance and interception of communications

Disclosure

Human rights

Inquests and inquiries

Judicial review

Operational advice

Police discipline

Shotgun and firearms licensing

 

Other work

Contractual disputes including consumer credit

Defamation

Personal injury including fatal accidents

Product liability and group litigation



Specialist Information

 


Reported and other cases of Interest

 


Clients

 


Publications

 

Contributor to Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law: the Mental Capacity Act in Action (3 Serjeants’ Inn, Christopher Johnston (Ed.))  (Second Edition, Bloomsbury, 2010)

 

Reporter for LS Law (Medical) (Angus Moon QC, General Editor)



Lectures and Seminars

 

Recent presentations include:
City Bonus Litigation (with Angus Moon QC and Neil Davy) (2009)
Doctors’ disciplinary hearings after Kulkarni
Drafting clinical negligence defences
Inquests – law, procedure and tactics: AvMA London and Manchester
National Police Anti-Corruption Conference held at Bedfordshire Police Headquarters - presentation on surveillance, human rights and police misconduct



Related Professional Activities

 

Member of:

Free Representation Unit (employment representative)

Bar Pro Bono Unit Panel

ARDL

ELBA

PIBA

PNBA



Other Information