Ms Carla Applegate > Gordons Partnership 2020 Limited > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Gordons Partnership 2020 Limited Offices
EDGEBOROUGH HOUSE
UPPER EDGEBOROUGH ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU1 2BJ
England
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Ms Carla Applegate
Work Department
Healthcare
Position
Assistant Solicitor
Career
Carla Applegate is an experienced clinical negligence solicitor at Gordons Partnership. Carla acts mainly on behalf of doctors for a leading medical defence organisation in complex claims typically involving catastrophic injury.
Carla trained and qualified at Stewarts into clinical negligence in 2009, specialising in brain and spinal cord injury, becoming an Associate in 2014. She brings a wealth of experience in high value clinical negligence claims. Having litigated on behalf of Claimants for over 10 years, Carla joined Gordons in September 2019.
She currently acts in a range of medical defence matters including a number of stroke cases, cauda equina claims, and oncology and kidney injury claims. Her previous experience also included acquired brain injury, orthopaedic injury and fatal claims.
Languages
English
Education
University of Kent, Law LLB (Hons), 2003
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
Gordons Partnership 2020 Limited comes recommended as ‘a really high quality team doing complex and high value clinical negligence work for the biggest players in the defendant market’ and advises on a plethora of catastrophic injury cases. Two lawyers jointly head up the Guildford-based team: spinal and brain injury expert Charles Atkins leads in conjunction with Iain Pickering, who is vastly experienced on high value claims which typically involve catastrophic injuries and multi-party litigation. Alison Harden is similarly well-versed in clinical negligence defence, having acted on behalf of the NHS and leading medical defence organisations. Suzie McCluney and Carla Applegate are fellow key contacts within the department.