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Richard Cartwright
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Richard Cartwright specialises in high value clinical negligence and personal injury claims, especially those with complex loss of earnings calculations. He is dual qualified; he maintains his membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Recent cases include spinal infection, neurotrauma and spinal injury, birth trauma, wrongful birth claims, fatal claims, and traumatic brain injury. He has recently acted in claims involving complex damages issues and overseas claimants (e.g. France, India, Australia, United States and New Zealand). Richard regularly appears against Leading Counsel.
For more information on Richard’s practice and latest case highlights, please visit his full Devereux profile.
Career
Called 1994, Inner Temple.
Languages
Some French and Italian.
Memberships
PIBA; PNBA; AvMA; APIL
Education
Whitchurch Grammar School, Cardiff; University of Manchester (1976 BA Hons).
Leisure
Welsh(Lions) rugby, motor racing and skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Richard Cartwright –Devereux ‘Fantastic, first-rate senior barrister. He is approachable and makes pragmatic decisions on complex cases, leading through to brilliant results for clients.’
Devereux is ‘an excellent set‘, acting on all aspects of clinical negligence, with particular expertise in high-value claims. Robert Weir KC is ‘a force to be reckoned with‘, notably acting this year for the claimants in the highly anticipated case of Paul and Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, heard in the Supreme Court in May 2023, determining whether family members who witness the death of a patient long after negligent treatment are able to make secondary victim claims. Robert Glancy KC has particular expertise in catastrophic brain and spinal injury cases, and notable experience in cases involving cerebral palsy. ‘Fantastic, first-rate senior barrister‘ Richard Cartwright has notable expertise in birth trauma claims, including Erb’s palsy.
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Richard Cartwright – Devereux ‘ Richard shows a very great attention to detail and in particular is excellent with calculating losses. ’