Mr Bergin comes to bar after eight years as a solicitor in both private and in-house practice. He brings considerable personal injury experience of cases concerning employer’s liability, occupier’s liability, public liability and road traffic accidents as well as complex medical negligence cases.

Mr Brownlee spent 10 years as a solicitor and solicitor advocate before coming to the bar. He has a wealth of experience in all areas of personal injury litigation with a particular focus on road traffic, employers’ liability, large loss, and catastrophic injury cases.

Mr Masters has experience of a large range of personal injury work including catastrophic injury claims, employer and public liability claims, road traffic accidents, foreign claims, occupational disease, occupational stress, credit hire claims and historical child abuse.

Compass practice manager Gavin Herd said: “We are sure that Andrew, Tom and Hugh will thrive and develop strong practices at the bar and we are very pleased that they chose to join Compass. They are great additions to the team adding particular strength in both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. We wish them all every success in their careers at the bar.”