James Macdonald Email & Phone Number

Ranked as a Leading Junior Barrister in the Legal 500 for clinical negligence and group actions. Expertise across injury litigation, particularly involving product liability and coroners’ inquests.My domestic practice also includes public inquiries and cases brought before the Court of Protection, as well as crossover civil and criminal litigation. I am a contributing author to 'Coroners’ Investigations and Inquests' (Butterworths: 2021) having written the chapters on scope, Article 2 ECHR and the relationship between inquests and public inquiries. My offshore and international practice is centred around business and human rights law and white-collar / financial crime. Recent cases have included large-scale group actions arising out of corporate environmental disasters, allegations of corporate fraud, and breaches of Government sanctions.Before becoming a lawyer I worked for 2 years as a teacher in a London secondary school as part of the Teach First programme. I am a Teach First ambassador and remain passionate about educational disadvantage and wider social justice in the UK.I am registered under the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme and welcome instructions directly from clients including solicitors, in-house law departments, qualified foreign lawyers, and clients licensed by the Bar Council to give instructions direct to barristers under the Bar Council’s Licensed Access Scheme.Further details at 7br.co.uk/barrister/james-macdonald

Listed skills include Legal Advice and Litigation.