Paul Balen > Freeths LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Freeths LLP Offices
CUMBERLAND COURT
80 MOUNT STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 6HH
England
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Paul Balen
Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Consultant conducting professional and clinical negligence, product liability, defamation, and personal injury claims.
Career
Articled Freeths LLP; qualified 1977; partner 1980; joint secretary Nottinghamshire Law Society 1985-90; president Nottinghamshire Medico-Legal Society 2007-08; secretary APIL 1998-2000; senior fellow Association of Personal Injury Lawyers 2001; president Nottinghamshire Law Society 2005-06; ADR mediator.
Education
Nottingham High School; Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA).
Leisure
Sport.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
(Hall of Fame)According to one client Freeths LLP ‘is a stalwart of excellent personal injury and clinical negligence claims in the East Midlands’ and is headed by Jane Williams and Karen Reynolds , who are both known for their depth and breadth of experience in catastrophic injury claims, delay in diagnosis and misdiagnoses, surgical errors, incorrect treatment and Inquests. Williams currently leading the growing number of maternity claims against the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, while Reynolds leads on obstetric cerebral palsy claims and also brain injury cases. Personal injury team head, Jane Goulding is known for her work in catastrophic injury cases particularly brain injury and spinal cord injury cases for adults and children. Also recommended are senior associates Gemma Bedford and Adrian Denton , as well as associate Jessica Atkin, who’s involved in the maxillofacial, TVM mesh and the Nottingham Maternity Services Group actions. Consultant Paul Balen ‘is part of the clinical negligence furniture in the UK’.
London > Dispute resolution > Mediators
(Mediators)Freeths LLP‘s consultant Paul Balen conducted over 40 mediations during 2022. Balen is widely respected for his experience in mediating clinical negligence and personal injury matters.
Freeths LLP‘s consultant Paul Balen conducted over 40 mediations during 2022. Balen is widely respected for his experience in mediating clinical negligence and personal injury matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame East Midlands > Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant East Midlands > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Employment > Employment
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate