Gordon Bebb QC

Call date: 1975

Date of silk: 2002

Email: Gordon Bebb QC

Clerk: Graham Woods

Areas of Law:	Specialist Crime, Environment, Commercial Fraud, Professional Negligence, Personal Injury, Fraud & Extradition, Public Law, Child Law, Cost Disputes, Clinical Negligence

Practice summary

Identified as a leading silk in professional disciplinary and regulatory law and described as a "shining star of silk representation" in Legal 500, Gordon Bebb QC brings specialist expertise to the area of corporate manslaughter and professional discipline.

He represented the Crown in the Hatfield train prosecution, the leading case under the old law of corporate manslaughter and he advises companies and individuals on the implications of the new corporate manslaughter legislation.
His recent insurance backed cases include R v Hutchinson at Nottingham Crown Court where he successful represented a company director in a corporate manslaughter prosecution and R v Jones and others at Stafford Crown Court where he successfully represented the driver of a road rail vehicle in the Hednesford Rail double fatality after a seven week trial.

He is regularly instructed to represent medical practitioners before the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council, the High Court (Judicial Review) and in ancillary criminal prosecutions.

During the summer of 2009 he represented Dr B, a GP, in 3 separate trials in respect of inappropriate examinations of female patients. He secured acquittals in all three trials. In December 2009 represented Dr D, a GP, in his trial on two counts relating to the inappropriate examination of two patients. He secured acquittals on both counts. He also represented Dr O in the Court of Appeal in her appeal against conviction on a count of wilfully making a false representation with a view to procuring the cremation of a patient. The conviction was quashed.

As a cross-over he specializes in clinical negligence cases where he is regularly instructed in high value claims including wrongful birth and cerebral palsy cases. He also specialises in personal injury catastrophic claims generally. He is regularly asked to speak and chair at catastrophic injury seminars in London. He has been a keynote speaker at the AVMA annual conference.

A selection of recent cases

Pearce v HCC
Liability of education authority in respect of psychiatric damage caused to lesbian teacher as a result of alleged failure to protect against the taunts of pupils. Claim dismissed.

Alan Daniel V (1) Derek Payton Gregory (2) Executors Of Ronald John Betteridge (3) Gregory Wright & Co (A Firm) (2002)
[2002] EWCA Civ 566
A judge's findings that an agreement for the sale of shares had been entered into following a deceit and that there had been a total failure of consideration were overturned.

Le Jones Ltd v Portsmouth City Council

LTL 7/11/2002 EXTEMPORE : (2002) EWCA 1723 : (2003) 1 WLR 427 : (2003) BLR 67 : (2002)
A local authority, which was responsible for trees on a highway, was liable for subsidence caused by tree roots to a neighbouring property. An agency agreement between the local authority and the highway authority gave sufficient control to have prevented or eliminated the nuisance.

Bourne v N
Acting for Claimant commercial pilot who suffered from a serious brain injury causing end of her career as a pilot. Case settled for £1.5M.

Re Cheetham
Advising paraplegic Claimant in respect of liability of stock car race occupiers and race organisers for injuries received whilst taking part in stock car race