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Hugh James Offices

Hugh James
Two Central Square
CARDIFF
CF10 1FS
United Kingdom
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Mari Rosser

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033 3016 2222 mari.rosser@hughjames.com

Work Department

Clinical Negligence

Position

Recognised as a leader in the field of clinical negligence and known for her litigation and client care skills, Mari has been the head of the clinical negligence team since 2017.

Mari has a particular specialism in both child and adult brain injury cases, and fatal accident claims.

Mari and her team act as the sole advisor for the Community Health Councils in Wales, and due to their high reputation nationally, receive numerous referrals from other professionals, including solicitors and doctors.

With more than 25 years’ experience in this field, Mari heads a dynamic team of clinical negligence specialists. Mari is a member of both The Law Society’s clinical negligence panel and the referral panel for Action against Medical Accidents. She has advised a number of patients who have been victims of gross neglect, representing the interests of patients and bereaved families in such cases involving General Medical Council (GMC) proceedings.

Mari and the team advise and assist the Welsh Community Health Councils (CHCs) on all aspects of medical law. She has been providing legal advice and support to the CHCs since the firm’s appointment as the CHCs’ solicitors in 2004. She has advised the CHC Board, Chief Officers and advocates on a variety of complex issues of public and medical law.

Due to her expertise, Mari has also provided training to Chief Officers and Complaints Advocates on a variety of subjects. She has lectured at the annual AvMA Patient Safety Conference in Wales and on the Cardiff Nursing and Midwifery studies course.

Mari is recommended by both the Legal 500 and Chambers directories as a leader in the field of clinical negligence.

Mari has handled a significant number of high value and complex clinical negligence cases including: fatal accidents; spinal injury; birth/obstetric injury; and brain injury.

Mari is also a regular media contributor commenting (in Welsh and English) on matters relating to Health law and Clinical Negligence.

She is regularly consulted by organisations such as APIL, AvMA and the Law Society on issues arising out of the Welsh NHS complaints procedure – Putting Things Right.

Career

Qualified: 1991

Trained: Eversheds, Cardiff

Partner: Edwards Geldard May 1995 – May 2001

Partner:  Hugh James 2001 – to date

Languages

Welsh, French, German

Memberships

Law Society Clinical Negligence panel

Panel of Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA)

Education

Llandovery College; University of Wales Aberystwyth (1988)  Llb Hons: Chester College of Law.

Leisure

Running, walking, cookery

Lawyer Rankings

Wales > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

(Leading individuals)

Mari Rosser – Hugh James

Deploying a ‘combination of exceptionally high technical expertise and grounded common sense’, as well as ‘empathy and understanding for every client’, Hugh James is ‘at the forefront of claimant clinical negligence litigation’, regularly handling the most complex and difficult mandates relating to brain injury, birth injury, catastrophic and fatal cases. A well as being well-equipped to secure the best possible outcome in the relevant case, the firm is subsequently also able to effectively deal with managing the finances of the victim, if necessary, through its excellent Court of Protection offering. Rhian Parsons is ‘extremely savvy’ and has vast experience in the field, particularly in cases of the utmost severity, including brain injuries, spinal catastrophic injury cases, and wrongful birth claims. The ‘thorough and indefatigable’ Katie McCraith ‘really fights for her clients’, regularly achieving superb results in often very emotionally fraught matters; she is also responsible for the development and maintenance of relationships with reputable experts. Elin Davies  ‘always goes the extra mile for her clients’, including in cases involving amputations, stroke management and fatalities. Associate Gareth Beard  ‘is very careful to understand the medical aspects of the case’, and has a very active caseload across a wide array of mandates, including cases involving diagnosis delays and several ongoing brain injury matters. Senior associate Rebecca Mather  ‘achieves great results for clients’ across a wide range of clinical negligence cases varying in complexity and value. At a senior level, as well as his duties as head of the firm’s overarching individual client services division, Stephen Webber  also has an active fee-earning practice that includes high value medical negligence cases. London-based Ruth Powell heads up the clinical negligence department having taken over the role from Mari Rosser , who herself still plays an active role on cases despite a more managerial position in general.

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