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Barcan Woodward Solicitors’ highly regarded team is headed by Richard Barcan, who provides ‘exceptional sensitivity, thoughtfulness and thoroughly professional service’. The firm is expert in brain injury, spinal injury, bereavement and delayed diagnosis cancer cases.

Foot Anstey’s ‘dynamic’ team exhibits ‘great depth of expertise’ across catastrophic injury, wrongful birth and misdiagnosis cases. Mike Bird is valued for his ‘expertise, professionalism and a real ethos of dedication’, and Claire Stoneman is a ‘jewel in the crown’. Team head Robert Antrobus is also recommended.

Laurence Vick heads the team at Michelmores LLP and has ‘outstanding dedication’. He recently achieved a multimillion-pound settlement on a brain injury case. Bernadette McGhie is ‘kind, very professional, and efficient’, with niche expertise in cosmetic surgery cases.

Parlett Kent is a ‘niche clinical negligence practice staffed by real experts’. The team receives referrals from AvMA and acts on the whole gamut of matters. Practice head Magi Young ‘brings big-case experience to the outfit’, and Jayshree Nathwani is ‘charming, thorough, gets results and fights hard’.

Withy King LLP’s ‘tenacious’ team has a notable practice in birth injury cases, as well as inquest and dental negligence work. Practice head Simon Elliman has particular expertise in spinal injury and is ‘first rate’, and Gerry Ferguson is a ‘superb lawyer’ on psychiatry and misprescribing matters.

Irwin Mitchell LLP’s team is headed by the ‘motivated and diligent’ Julie Lewis, who is ‘an inspiration and a joy to work with’. The team acted on a £9.2m case for a deaf child with cerebral palsy. The ‘very confident and experienced’ Jonathan Peacock relocated from Birmingham to strengthen the Bristol team.

Wolferstans’ Simon Parford represents children and young adults with cerebral palsy, and acts for individuals who have suffered severe injuries resulting in long-term disabilities.

Clarke Willmott LLP’s team demonstrates ‘good strength in depth’ and is led by Kerry Fifield, who is a panel member for AvMA and also the Law Society. The firm has a contract with the Legal Services Commission and also acts for Allianz.

Preston Goldburn’s team is led by Tim Goldburn and is part of both the Law Society and AvMA specialist accreditation clinical negligence panels.

Simpson Millar LLP demonstrates ‘a very strong commitment to client care’, and has a specialism in late diagnosis of cancer cases. The ‘exceptional’ Marguarita Tyne is ‘imaginative, highly intelligent and hardworking’.

Tozers LLP acted for a child who developed severe cerebral palsy following mismanagement at birth. Tim Dyde heads the team, which has notable experience in inquests.

Trethowans LLP’s team ‘will go the extra mile in difficult and unusual situations’, and acted on several notable cerebral palsy cases, as well as late diagnosis matters. Head of the team Clare Carter ‘leaves no stone unturned’.

WBW Solicitors LLP’s Jane Couch and Richard Blair are recommended.

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