Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury

Rebecca Thomas is a Director in the Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence departments at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. She supervises a team of solicitors, trainees and paralegals who are all dedicated to obtaining the best possible outcome for their clients. Rebecca is also responsible for risk assessing all of the clinical negligence and personal injury claims handled by Duncan Lewis.

Rebecca has significant experience in dealing with severe and complex clinical negligence and personal injury cases, including claims involving birth injuries, brain injuries, surgical injuries, orthopaedic injuries, delays in diagnosis, and misdiagnosis. She also has extensive experience in representing clients in ophthalmic cases including retinal detachment and laser surgery claims.

One of Rebecca’s most recent cases involved obtaining a six figure award of compensation on behalf of a client against two NHS Trusts in a complex case following an appendectomy. She also obtained substantial damages against a national firm of opticians on behalf of a client who permanently lost all sight in one eye as a result of the optician’s failure to recognise that the client was suffering from retinal detachment.

Rebecca joined Duncan LewisSolicitors  in May 2016 as a partner-level director.

Rebecca is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

Rebecca took her postgraduate solicitors final examination at the College of Law and obtained her LLB (Hons) from the University of Westminster.