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Claire Toogood KC
Position
Claire specialises in clinical negligence, together with medical product liability. She is regularly instructed by NHSR, MPS, MDU, insurers and claimants. She is experienced in a wide variety of medical fields, including oncology, neurology, orthopaedics and obstetrics. She is known for her advocacy skills and is often instructed where credibility is in issue.
Career
Called 1995, Middle Temple, Queen Mother’s Scholar.
Appointed Deputy Master of the Queen’s Bench Division in 2020.
Memberships
PNBA, LCLCBA, PIBA
Education
MA, Jurisprudence, Oriel College, Oxford.
The Abbey School, Reading
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Claire Toogood KC – Crown Office Chambers ‘ Claire is a strong and forceful negotiator and advocate. ’
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Claire Toogood KC – Crown Office Chambers ‘Claire is a pleasure to work with, a very skilled advocate with an excellent grasp of complex medical issues.’
Crown Office Chambers is ‘full of excellent counsel from the most senior to the most junior’, including expert Alexander Antelme KC, who is currently involved on behalf of a surgeon accused of negligence in the conduct of rectal surgery, involving extensive regulatory investigation. Notably, Charlotte Jones is led in acting for the defendants in Paul, Polmear and Purchase v Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust, a case raising complex issues of liability for injuries to secondary victims – those who suffer psychiatric injuries as a result of witnessing injuries caused by negligence. Claire Toogood KC is recognised for her strength in claims involving complex medical issues.