Mr Paul McNeil > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Mr Paul McNeil
Work Department
Medical negligence and personal injury
Position
Partner
Career
I have nearly 30 years’ experience acting for people injured through medical negligence and personal injury accidents. My cases include:
- Medical negligence claims
- Personal injury claims
- Road traffic accident claims
- International personal injury claims
Many of these claims involve serious head injuries or birth injuries and have settled for more than £30 million. This ensures my clients receive adequate compensation to pay for education, rehabilitation, care and treatment.
In 2018, my client, a severely disabled six-year-old boy, was awarded £37 million after contracting the Herpes Simplex virus in hospital, leading to catastrophic brain damage.
In 2019, I have been described as “outstanding” and offering “great depth of experience in the clinical negligence market”.
I regularly speak at events and I have also contributed a chapter to the well-received Experts in the Civil Courts edited by Sir Louis Blom Cooper QC.
Memberships
I am a member of AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
(Hall of Fame)Fieldfisher‘s ‘absolutely brilliant’ clinical negligence team is noted for its ‘deep experience and fantastic resources’. The team has a client-centred approach, and offers support regarding special education needs and Court of Protection matters alongside its complex clinical negligence work. This work often includes claims involving brain injuries at birth, an area in which Samantha Critchley – noted for her ‘meticulous work and commitment to clients‘ – has particular experience. ‘Wonderful litigator‘ Iona Meeres-Young leads the team, having taken over from previous head Paul McNeil in May 2023. McNeil remains a key member of the team and ‘a glowering presence across the field‘. Mark Bowman is an ‘intelligent and fearless litigator‘, with particular experience in claims involving Erb’s Palsy, while Jane Weakley brings her ‘huge experience’ to cases concerning the rights of birth-injured children. Kate Rohde deals predominantly with serious and fatal injury claims, while Jonathan Zimmern – who is also a qualified barrister – is another standout in the team. Arti Shah has particular interest in fertility cases. Legal director Punam Sood joined the team June 2023 from Irwin Mitchell.
London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
(Hall of Fame)Paul McNeil, Jill Greenfield and Peter Williams jointly head up the claimant personal injury offering at Fieldfisher. Williams oversees the industrial disease department, alongside Andrew Morgan, with particular expertise in asbestos claims, including cases of low exposure and adults who were exposed as children; in 2022, the team achieved the first decision against an insurer in a living mesothelioma claim. Jill Greenfield leads the serious injury team, which has extensive expertise regarding international matters, and redress following serious sexual assaults; the firm is experienced in the setting up of funds for victims of sexual assaults in the US. Jennifer Buchanan is described by one client as being ‘at the top of her game’; Keith Barrett has specialist knowledge regarding maritime and aviation claims; and the ‘tenacious, smart and hardworking’ Dushal Mehta is particularly experienced in cases before the Court of Appeal. Director Harvinder Kaur is also recommended for her skill in high-value serious injury cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: claimant London > Insurance
- Hall of Fame London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Hall of Fame London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Personal injury: claimant London > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital