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20 Bonhill Street
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EC2A 4DN
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Richard Lodge

Work Department
Clinical negligence and personal injury.
Position
Richard acts for individuals who have sustained injuries as a result of medical treatment whether provided by the NHS (within a hospital or GP setting), or in the private healthcare sector. He has a varied caseload with an emphasis on spinal, brain and catastrophic injuries. He is experienced in all aspects of spinal injury claims including, injuries arising from trauma, orthopaedic and neurosurgical procedures, congenital abnormalities of the spine and failure to diagnosis Cauda Equina Syndrome. His extensive experience in brain injury cases include birth and neonatal injury claims resulting in cerebral palsy, and acquired brain injury.
Richard blogs and Tweets about his subject and has had articles and opinion pieces published in the Personal Injury Law Journal, trade magazines and the national press, including The Times.
Career
Trained Kingsley Napley LLP; qualified 2005; clinical negligence and personal injury department Kingsley Napley LLP 2005; associate solicitor 2010; partner 2014 to date. Publications of note: A regular contributor to the ‘Personal Injury Law Journal’.
Memberships
Accredited Member of the AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel
Accredited Member of the Law Society’s Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (past secretary of the damages group and co-ordinator of the Spinal Injury Group)
Education
Chingford School; King’s College, London (2001 LLB 2(1)); Inns of Court School of Law (2002 BVC, competent).
Leisure
Golf.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
(Leading partners)The ‘well established and experienced’ clinical negligence practice at Kingsley Napley LLP regularly represents clients in catastrophic misdiagnosis and birth injury litigation, as well as psychiatric and sensual impairment claims. London practice head James Bell is noted for his experience in orthopedic disputes. Richard Lodge is highlighted for his ‘acute eye for detail’ in spinal and cognitive injury litigation. The ‘brilliant’ Kirsty Allen is highly active in birth injuries and maternal cases, while Eurydice Cote advises on a range of fatal and non-fatal spinal, gastrointestinal and birth injury cases. Former partner Terrence Donovan continues to operate as a senior consultant in the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Clinical negligence: claimant London > Insurance
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- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > ESG