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Harry Steinberg KC, Aliyah Akram and Carin Hunt are instructed by Simon Ellis and the Military team at Hugh James in this landmark litigation against the MoD. They represent thousands of military personnel who have sustained noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus as a result of negligent exposure to excessive noise in service.
Last year, they negotiated a groundbreaking agreement including significant concessions by the MoD on limitation, breach of duty, and combat immunity. Thousands of former servicemen and women will now be able to claim compensation for their injuries. That settlement was approved by the High Court on Monday 8 July 2024 (see article here).
Today the parties appeared in the High Court ahead of a 10-week trial of the lead claims on the issues of causation and quantum in the Autumn (listed as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2025).
The settlement attracted significant media attention last year, including on the BBC, Evening Standard and Forces Network, with more media attention expected during this trial.
Harry Steinberg KC is known for high value and high-profile personal injury litigation with a focus on head injury and fatal claims. Much of his work has an international law aspect and/or involves large groups. He acts for thousands of former and serving military personnel in three group claims involving military deafness, cold injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Harry has been described as “second-to-none” by Legal 500 UK and “a highly skilled practitioner known for his representation of large claimant groups” by Chambers & Partners.
Aliyah Akram is well known for her work on group litigation claims and has been involved in some of the largest group actions ever brought in the UK including the abovementioned group claims brought by military personnel against the Ministry of Defence for personal injury whilst in service. Many of her cases have an international aspect and she is also a specialist in industrial and environmental disease litigation. Aliyah is shortlisted in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024 as Personal Injury Junior of the Year.
Carin Hunt is ranked as a Rising Star in Personal Injury in Legal 500. She sits on the Executive Committee of the Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA) and is co-chair of the PIBA Junior Committee. She is also junior counsel to the Crown on the Attorney General’s C-Panel. Carin takes instructions in a broad range of personal injury cases including accidents at work, road traffic accidents, military claims, and industrial disease claims. Carin also has experience of led work in high value catastrophic brain and spinal injury cases.
To find out more about Harry, Aliyah and Carin, contact Paul Barton on +44 (0)20 7427 4907.
News 23 Jul, 2025
