Guy Mansfield QC retires from practice - Apr 2019
Guy retired from practice on 31 March, after 45 years in chambers at One Crown Office Row. He took Silk in 1994. He appeared in many reported cases, in particular, in the fields of legal practice/negligence, funding of litigation and clinical negligence.
From 2012 Guy led the team instructed by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the ultimately successful defence of some 40,000 claims brought in the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation (Kimathi & others v FCO) [2018] EWHC 2066 (QB) (02 August 2018); [2018] EWCA Civ 2213 (09 October 2018); [2018] EWHC 3144 (QB) (21 November 2018) read judgments. After a trial lasting 232 days all the claims were dismissed by Stewart J on 21 November 2018.
Guy is a Bencher of Middle Temple. He was a member of the Bar Council from 1998-2005, chairing in succession its Remuneration and Legal Services Committees and also the Bar Council working party which recommended and introduced Direct/Public Access to the Bar. He became chairman of the Bar Council in 2005, (vice chairman 2004). In 2009/10 he chaired a Bar Council working party which produced three reports into the potential viability of a privately funded Contingent Legal Aid Fund. From 2006 to 2019 he was the Bar Council nominated member on the Queen’s Counsel Complaints Committee.
Guy sat for many years as a Recorder and latterly as a Deputy High Court Judge. He was a member of the council of JUSTICE from 2006 to 2018. He contributed to a number of practitioner text books (see publications).
Law Pod UK Ep. 62: Court claims from the empire’s long shadow - Jan 2019
The latest episode of Law Pod UK features Guy Mansfield QC, who acted for the government in the Mau Mau action against the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In this group litigation over 40,000...
The Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation is at an end - Nov 2018
All claims against the UK Government (the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) in the massive Kenya Emergency Group Litigation litigation have been dismissed. The action is at an end. On 21 November...
Guy Mansfield QC upholds Kenya Emergency Group Litigation judgment in Court of Appeal - Oct 2018
Following an expedited oral hearing, the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, 9 October, in a reserved judgment, [2018] EWCA Civ 2213, refused the Claimant permission to appeal the decision of Stewart J in the...
Guy Mansfield QC successfully defends the Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Aug 2018
In this massive litigation, Stewart J has given judgment in the first of 25 test cases to be heard to conclusion. The Kenya Emergency Group Litigation, encompasses claims for damages by over 40,000...
4 members of 1COR in the Kenyan Mau Mau Case - Jun 2013
The Mau Mau uprising, which took place in central Kenya between 1952 and 1961, was a rebellion against British colonial rule. Claims were brought by four Kenyans for serious personal injuries and...
Our barristers appeared on both sides in the settlement of the Charlie Scott cerebral palsy case - Jan 2013
Charlie Scott was born with cerebral palsy after suffering fetal distress during labour. He is now confined to a wheelchair and requires continual care. It was alleged that the midwives at Royal...
Four Members of One Crown Office Row appear in the Kenyan Mau Mau Case - Oct 2012
The Mau Mau uprising, which took place in central Kenya between 1952 and 1961, was a rebellion against British colonial rule. Claims were brought by four Kenyans for serious personal injuries and...
Four members in the latest Kenyan Mau Mau Uprising case hearing - Jul 2012
The Mau Mau uprising, which took place in central Kenya between 1952 and 1961, was a rebellion against British colonial rule. This case concerns claims by four Kenyans for serious personal injuries...
Guy Mansfield QC obtains summary judgment dismissing claim against care expert - Mar 2011
