Marc Willems KC
Marc is an excellent leader who is able to explain complex matters to lay clients clearly, whilst also setting out strategies in complex matters.
Chambers and Partners (2026)
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Marc Willems KC is a leading Personal injury and Clinical Negligence silk who has appeared in the Court of Appeal, The House of Lords, the Supreme Court and the Privy Council as well as regularly in the High Court representing Claimants and Defendants. Marc has established himself as an expert in TBI, Spinal injury and Amputation cases.
He has overseas experience litigating on Saint Helena and has had clients in Greece, Latvia, Poland and France.
His practice has concentrated on very significant brain and physical injuries and having won in the Supreme Court in Dunhill v Burgin is very familiar with issues relating to capacity to litigate and manage property and affairs. He has settled cases to the value of over £125M in the last 2 years and is involved in many settlement meetings and mediations as a way of compromising difficult litigation.
Marc has also, particularly since taking silk, very significant experience and expertise in Coroner’s inquests having appeared for interested persons such as families and Chief Constables but also many times as Counsel to the Inquest.
He has a busy practice and is reported in 48 cases on Westlaw.
Marc is a member of the PIBA Executive Committee and he chairs the Manchester Serious PI and Clin Neg Court Users committee , a body of senior solicitors and Counsel made up of both Claimant and Defendant practitioners who liaise with the local Judges and DCJ to improve the management of litigation in Manchester.
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Marc Willems KC
Marc is calm in conferences with difficult clients.
Chambers and Partners (2026)
About
Marc Willems KC is a leading Personal injury and Clinical Negligence silk who has appeared in the Court of Appeal, The House of Lords, the Supreme Court and the Privy Council as well as regularly in the High Court representing Claimants and Defendants. Marc has established himself as an expert in TBI, Spinal injury and Amputation cases.
He has overseas experience litigating on Saint Helena and has had clients in Greece, Latvia, Poland and France.
His practice has concentrated on very significant brain and physical injuries and having won in the Supreme Court in Dunhill v Burgin is very familiar with issues relating to capacity to litigate and manage property and affairs. He has settled cases to the value of over £125M in the last 2 years and is involved in many settlement meetings and mediations as a way of compromising difficult litigation.
Marc has also, particularly since taking silk, very significant experience and expertise in Coroner’s inquests having appeared for interested persons such as families and Chief Constables but also many times as Counsel to the Inquest.
He has a busy practice and is reported in 48 cases on Westlaw.
Marc is a member of the PIBA Executive Committee and he chairs the Manchester Serious PI and Clin Neg Court Users committee , a body of senior solicitors and Counsel made up of both Claimant and Defendant practitioners who liaise with the local Judges and DCJ to improve the management of litigation in Manchester.
His work in Personal Injury work has taken him regularly to the Court Of Appeal and twice to the House of Lords and Supreme Court.
Marc acts for both Claimants and Defendant Insurers in Personal Injury at the highest level. His work involves Fatal Accidents and cases of the utmost severity. Marc has represented Claimants from abroad on several occasions and has helped to set up care regimes and organize disabled friendly accommodation in Latvia, Poland and Greece.
Marc has succeeded in successfully claiming the cost of a Luke arm which is a fully automated nerve-controlled upper limb in a brachial plexus injury claim.
Marc has acted in several cases involving the most profound injuries including tetraplegia cases.
Marc acts for Claimants in Clinical Negligence cases. He has substantial experience of dealing with cases of brain damage and paralysis caused by negligent treatment.In both PI and Clinical Negligence he deals with cases from an early stage right through to trial, dealing with Liability issues, Causation and Quantum. He regularly deals with settlements which involve Periodical Payment Orders and matters involving the Court of Protection.
Marc has significant experience of cases involving cerebral palsy and has over the last twelve months successfully contested and won two such actions.
Over the last 7 years Marc has been involved in three Article 2 Inquests. He represented the family in the Terry Inquest in which a Police Officer was shot dead in a training exercise and he has acted as Counsel to the Inquest on many occasions including a death by Carbon Monoxide poisoning involving 15 Interested Persons and the recent Begley Inquest involving a man who was the subject of forcible restraint and the use of a Taser by the Police.
Marc was instructed as Counsel to the Inquest in the Metrolink case which led to findings of unlawful killing against security guards subcontracted to work on the Metrolink service in Manchester. Marc was also Counsel to the Inquest in the Hall Inquest in Bradford which involved nine Interested Parties, lasted ten weeks, heard from fourteen expert witnesses and over fifty lay witnesses.
Chambers and Partners (2026) - Personal Injury (Band 1) 18 years ranked - "Marc is superb. He is practical, talented and great to work with. His advice is comprehensive and enables me to quickly work through the matter so that it can be concluded as quickly as possible."
- PIBA - The Personal Injuries Bar Association
- APIL - Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
