Samuel’s principal practice is in personal injury matters, instructed both for claimants and defendants. He is instructed on a variety of matters involving, for example, road traffic accidents, public (including occupiers’) and employers’ liability, and Highways Act claims. He regularly appears in trials, disposals and interim hearings, on all tracks. He also accepts paperwork instructions for advice and drafting at all litigation stages.

Samuel’s practice regularly includes claims where fundamental dishonesty is alleged. He is instructed to appear and provide advice at all stages, including pleadings, disclosure and other applications, and trial, where issues as to the nature and extent of accidents and injuries are challenged.

Samuel’s practice includes work across a spectrum of insurance-related fields, including: property damage, contractual disputes, coverage and credit hire.

He is experienced in advising on the intersection between insurance law and claims arising out of damage and injury in a variety of contexts, including scope, coverage and recovery. He has appeared at trial, prepared pleadings and provided written advice on claims arising from road traffic accidents, subsidence, negligent building works and inter-insurer disputes.

Samuel is happy to accept instructions in cases involving free-standing contractual disputes or where the insurance context is one element of a wider claim.

Samuel is experienced in advising and drafting in a variety of property damage cases including escape of water, fire, negligent building works, vehicle-related property damage and subsidence. He has appeared at trial in respect of these claims, including cross-examination of experts.

Samuel is happy to accept instructions in respect of subrogated recovery actions, coverage and direct actions arising in such cases.

Samuel is regularly instructed in and is very familiar with matters which include any and all credit hire elements, for both claimants and defendants.

He is happy to accept instructions in cases involving issues of need, enforceability, Consumer Credit, period, impecuniosity, illegality, rates evidence, taxis, motorbikes, and intervention.

Samuel primarily appears at tribunal hearings on behalf of regulators, namely the Health and Care Professions Council and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He has also appeared on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and on behalf of a solicitor before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Samuel is keen to develop his practice in representing regulated individuals before disciplinary tribunals.

Samuel also provides advice and drafting in the course of regulatory proceedings, and is happy to receive instructions in relation to the same, and for regulatory investigatory document review work.

Samuel is keen to continue developing his interest and practice in clinical negligence claims. His experience includes drafting pleadings and advising on both liability and quantum across claims involving delayed and misdiagnosis, inadequate care and supervision, and delayed or inappropriate treatment.

Samuel is happy to accept instructions in all types of general common law matters. Samuel has experience in appearing at and advising on possession proceedings, including those involving disrepair.

Also, prior to coming to the Bar, he worked as a paralegal in a boutique firm in Mayfair, which involved assisting in the preparation of a £1.8million breach of contract claim which succeeded at trial, as well as a number of other cases in trusts, tort and international contract law.

• 2018 – 2019: BPTC, City Law School.
• 2017 – 2018: MA Medical Ethics and Law, King’s College London (Distinction).
• 2014 – 2017: BA Jurisprudence, University of Oxford.

• Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
• Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA).

• Medical accidents: A Socratic resolution? (Charles Feeny, Gus Baker, Sam Irving) Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management Vol 25, 2, 77-84 (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2516043520916091).
• Contribution and Apportionment: Unruly Horses?(Charles Feeny & Sam Irving) PIBULJ (2018) (http://www.pibulj.com/content/law-journal-summaries/news-category-2/4434-contribution-and-apportionment-unruly-horses-charles-feeny-sam-irving-complete-counsel).

Samuel enjoys music ranging from opera to musicals (occasionally singing along), reading and gaming in fantasy worlds, and the odd foray into the kitchen.