Nicholas Fewtrell

Year of Call: 1977, Inner Temple

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Nicholas Fewtrell has specialised in Personal Injury, Professional Negligence and Commercial work throughout his career. 

He is a member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association, the Professional Negligence Bar Association as well as being a founder member of the Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association and as such regularly acts for both Claimants and Defendants in a range of cases, including many of very high value and complexity.

Over the last 20 years or so, Nick has been heavily involved in the historic child abuse litigation in which he has represented the interests of many of the country’s major insurers and largest local authorities along with acting for various celebrities and major football clubs.

Outside Chambers, Nick is a keen golfer and a fan of most ball games, particularly cricket, soccer and American football.

 

“Nicholas is a very well established, reliable and experienced barrister.”

Chambers & Partners, 2024

Notable Cases

  • TVZ & ors v Manchester City Football Club [2022] EWHC 7 (QB)

  • Blackpool Football Club Ltd v DSN [2021] EWCA Civ 1352

  • Barclays Bank v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13

  • CD v The Catholic Child Welfare Society & Others [2018] EWCA Civ 2342

  • Various Claimants v Barclays Bank plc [2018] EWCA Civ 167

  • Peter Murray v Father Martin Devenish (as a representative of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) [2018] EWHC 1895 (QB)

  • Archbishop Bowen & Anor v JL [2017] EWCA Civ 82

  • AB, CD, EF, GH & IJ v The Catholic Child Welfare Society & others [2016] EWHC (QB)

  • F & S v TH [2016] EWHC 1605 (QB)

  • GB v (1) Stoke City Football Club (2) Fox [2015] EWHC 2862 (QB)

  • Catholic Child Welfare Society & Others v (1) Various Claimants (2) Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools & Others [2012] UKSC 56

  • JGE v Trustees of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 938

  • (1) Various Claimants (2) Catholic Child Welfare Society & Others v Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools & Others [2010] EWCA Civ 1106

  • MAGA (by his Litigation Friend The Offical Solicitor) v Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church [2010] EWCA Civ 256

  • (1) AB (2) JPM (3) JB (4) DVB v Nugent Care Society : GR v Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 827

  • Vincent Roland Albonetti v Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 783

  • AB & Others v The Nugent Care Society [2008] EWCA Civ 795

  • A v Hoare; X v Wandsworth London BC; C v Middlesbrough Council; H v Suffolk County Council; Young v Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) [2008] UKHL 6

  • Young v Catholic Care and The Home Office (sub nom Young v South Tyneside MBC) [2007] QB 932, CA

  • KR v Royal & Sun Alliance plc [2007] Bus LR 139; [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 237, CA

  • KR v Bryn Alyn Community (Holdings) Limited and Royal & Sun Alliance plc [2003] 3 WLR 107; [2003] Lloyd’s Rep Med 175; [2003] 1 FLR 1203, CA

  • JD Williams & Co Ltd v Michael Hyde & Associates Ltd [2000] PNLR 233, CA

  • June Grave v G A Bonus Plc [1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 716

Appointments

  • Recorder 2003

Professional Associations

  • Personal Injury Bar Association
  • Professional Negligence Bar Association
  • Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association

Education

  • Queen Mary College
  • London College of Law