Spencer Turner

Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers

Spencer is a sought after leading junior barrister who is praised for his diligence, excellent client care, strong advocacy and ability to work well in teams. He has a multi-disciplinary practice spanning sports disputes, civil liability including personal injury and clinical negligence, industrial disease, private international and travel law, administrative and public law, group actions and commercial law.

Spencer is variously ranked in the directories as a ‘Leading Junior’, ‘Rising Star’ and ‘Up and Coming’ across 5 different practice areas where he is described as “approachable, clear, astute and a pleasure to work with”; as having “an excellent grasp of the legal issues”; “very clever” with “a great touch”; “already having a practice that exceeds his seniority”; and as having “considered and incisive” advocacy.

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Assumption of risk in sports and leisure claims

Practice Notes

This Practice Note reviews various types of sports and leisure claims and considers the circumstances in which liability will attach to the defendant. Due to the inherent risk associated with many of these activities there is often a high degree of contributory negligence on the part of the claimant.

PI & Clinical Negligence