Paul Balen > Freeths LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
CUMBERLAND COURT
80 MOUNT STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 6HH
England

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)

Paul BalenFreeths LLP

According to one client Freeths LLPis 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)

Paul BalenFreeths LLP

Paul Balen – Freeths LLP 

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.

Paul Balen – Freeths LLP 

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.