Megan Crowther
She advocates hard for her clients to ensure they get the outcome they want.
Chambers and Partners (2025) - Personal Injury (Up and Coming)
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Megan is a specialist personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests barrister. She is listed as a “leading junior” for all areas of her practice in the 2025 Legal 500, having been listed as a “rising star” in 2023 and 2024. She is “up and coming” in the 2025 Chambers & Partners guide for personal injury.
Megan acts for both claimants and defendants in a wide range of injury claims and is particularly comfortable with fatal accident cases and high value personal injury cases. Her clinical negligence experience is wide-ranging and includes claims involving obstetric injury, surgical negligence, cosmetic procedures, orthopaedic injury, infant and fatal claims. Megan’s practice often involves working at the beginning of a claim through to settlement or trial, meaning her work includes drafting pleadings, advising on merits and quantum, attending expert and client conferences, CCMCs and JSMs.
Her clients say “Megan is very knowledgeable and analytical, working beyond her call; she provides clear advice to instructing solicitors and clients. She has excellent client care skills – she handles distressing claim circumstances with care and professionalism.”; “Megan’s approach is clear and concise, and she focuses well on the key points of the claim”, and “[Megan is] a tenacious advocate who stands her ground well under pressure”.
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Megan Crowther
Megan is very knowledgeable and analytical, working beyond her call; she provides clear advice to instructing solicitors and clients. She has excellent client care skills - she handles distressing claim circumstances with care and professionalism.
The Legal 500 (2025) - Clinical Negligence (Tier 2)
About
Megan is a specialist personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests barrister. She is listed as a “leading junior” for all areas of her practice in the 2025 Legal 500, having been listed as a “rising star” in 2023 and 2024. She is “up and coming” in the 2025 Chambers & Partners guide for personal injury.
Megan acts for both claimants and defendants in a wide range of injury claims and is particularly comfortable with fatal accident cases and high value personal injury cases. Her clinical negligence experience is wide-ranging and includes claims involving obstetric injury, surgical negligence, cosmetic procedures, orthopaedic injury, infant and fatal claims. Megan’s practice often involves working at the beginning of a claim through to settlement or trial, meaning her work includes drafting pleadings, advising on merits and quantum, attending expert and client conferences, CCMCs and JSMs.
Her clients say “Megan is very knowledgeable and analytical, working beyond her call; she provides clear advice to instructing solicitors and clients. She has excellent client care skills – she handles distressing claim circumstances with care and professionalism.”; “Megan’s approach is clear and concise, and she focuses well on the key points of the claim”, and “[Megan is] a tenacious advocate who stands her ground well under pressure”.
Megan is a very capable junior and accepts instructions on behalf of claimants and defendants. She will advise on both liability and quantum and undertake court work including associated inquests at an early stage.
A large part of Megan’s pupillage focused on clinical negligence work. This, along with her catastrophic injury experience, means she is comfortable with a range of medical issues. Her experience includes: orthopaedic surgery, obstetrics, diabetes and emergency medicine claims. She also has experience in mediation and regularly advises on and attends infant approval hearings.
Megan accepts instructions for inquests in a variety of fields, but her primary interest is healthcare related deaths as this compliments her clinical negligence practice well. She has acted for families at inquests and is currently a member of AvMA.
During pupillage, Megan also gained experience of drafting high value schedules of loss with multiple dependency claims.
Megan is regularly instructed on behalf of claimants and defendants in all aspects of personal injury litigation. Her experience includes:
- Interim applications
- Fast track and small claims
- CCMCs
- Advice and court drafting
- Road traffic accidents
- Employer’s and Occupier’s liability
- Fraud and fundamental dishonesty
- CICA claims / appeals
The Legal 500 (2025) - Clinical Negligence (Tier 2) - "Megan is very knowledgeable and analytical, working beyond her call; she provides clear advice to instructing solicitors and clients. She has excellent client care skills - she handles distressing claim circumstances with care and professionalism."
The Legal 500 (2025) - Inquests and Inquiries (Tier 2) - "Megan has a comprehensive knowledge of inquest matters. She advises with empathy and understanding."
The Legal 500 (2025) - Personal Injury (Tier 3) - "A tenacious advocate who stands her ground well under pressure."
Chambers and Partners (2025) - Personal Injury (Up and Coming) - "She advocates hard for her clients to ensure they get the outcome they want." "Megan's approach is clear and concise, and she focuses well on the key points of the claim."
The Legal 500 (2024) - Clinical Negligence (Rising Star)
The Legal 500 (2024) - Personal Injury (Rising Star)
The Legal 500 (2023) - Personal Injury (Rising Star) - "Megan is highly knowledgeable. She prepares meticulously and communicates in a clear and concise manner. Her advocacy is understated and excellent."
Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) Leeds & District Medico-Legal Society The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
Durham University - LLB Law Degree - 2.1 University of Law, Leeds - BPTC - Outstanding
