JAMES STREET WEST, GREEN PARK, BATH, BA1 2BT, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 01225 425731
- Fax:
- Fax 01225 315562
- DX:
- 8014 GP
- Web:
- www.withyking.co.uk
- Email:
Simon Elliman
- Tel:
- Work +44 1225 425731
- Email:
Work Department
Clinical negligence (claimant).
Position
Partner and head of clinical negligence department; responsible for managing and marketing the department as well as handling a significant caseload; areas of particular expertise: birth injury cases, delay in diagnosing cancer, dental cases, fatal accident claims.
Career
Trained Bond Pearce 1990-92; qualified 1992; assistant solicitor 1992-98; associate Withy King 1999-2000; partner 2000 to date; publications: ‘The Meaning of Knowledge’ (NLJ Vol 148 p417); ‘When Can Ignorance of the Law Defeat a Limitation Defence’ (NLJ Vol 148 p1708); ‘The Court’s Discretion’ (NLJ Vol 149 p1319); ‘Issues of Consent in Experimental Treatment’ (Clinical Risk 1999 Vol 5 p132); ‘Constructive Knowledge – a gloss on Forbes v Wandsworth’ (Medical Litigation, March 1999 p8); ‘Implications of Roberts v Winbow’ (Medical Litigation, May 1999 p2); ‘An Intolerable Situation’ (Solicitors Journal, September 2009); editor of clinical negligence section of Sweet and Maxwells ‘Personal Injury Claims Manual’. Author of the Clinical Negligence chapter in the Personal Injury Claims Manual.
Member
Law Society Clinical Negligence Reference Group; APIL; AVMA South-West LSG; APIL’s Clinical Negligence Special Interest Group; Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel; AVMA Referral Panel.
Education
University of Southampton (1989 Law Degree first class Hons); Law Society finals (1990); De Montfort University (Masters Degree in Medical Law and Ethics, 2010).
Leisure
Cricket, golf, music.
Practice Areas
Clinical negligence - claimant
