John Lowther > Slater and Gordon > Newcastle, England > Lawyer Profile

John Lowther

0330 995 6236 john.lowther@slatergordon.uk

Position

John has over a decade of experience specialising in medical negligence claims and has a breadth of experience from handling a very varied case load. He has  a particular interest in complicated litigation, where the impact on the patient has been particularly severe and posses considerable experience acting on behalf of grieving families who have lost loved ones, those who have suffered whilst in prison and in claims arising from substandard practice including urology, paediatric, general surgery and orthopaedic departments.

He has also worked on claims relating to treatment provided in public and private hospitals, care homes and by ambulance services, GPs and dentists and has represented clients in Inquests and at the County Court.

Career

John qualified at a niche employment law firm acting in equal pay litigation being pursued against NHS Trusts and local councils. On qualification, he moved to a role at a specialist medical negligence firm. He became a director in the clinical negligence department and remained there for just short of 10 years. He moved to work in a serious injury department acting on behalf of private insurers in cases valued in excess of a million pounds.

Subsequently, he joined a firm as a partner and head of the clinical negligence department before moving more recently to Slater and Gordon.

Career highlights include:

• Working on high value complicated claims and achieving great outcomes for clients, including obtaining over £260,000 damages for a client in a complex general surgery claim, on a split liability basis; over £200,000 damages for a client in an orthopaedic claim; over £100,000 damages for a client who had suffered as a result of substandard physiotherapy on his shoulder; and £70,000 in relation to delays undertaking eye surgery.
• Helping a grieving couple obtain an apology and settlement in a claim arising from a failure to diagnose that their daughter had sepsis.
• Negotiating to help a lady who was suffering with psychological symptoms obtain £20,000 more damages than had been offered.