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Capsticks LLP Offices
Wellington House
68 Wimbledon Hill Road
LONDON
SW19 7PA
England
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Majid Hassan
Work Department
Clinical law.
Position
Experience
Majid leads the firm’s medical malpractice insurance team with considerable experience advising the NHS, Lloyds underwriters, and a leading medical defence organisation on claims and associated proceedings.
Expertise
Majid is best known for his considerable expertise advising doctors, hospitals and indemnifiers in clinical negligence. He also handles clinical trials and product liability claims for insurers. He advises hospitals and professional sports bodies and medical teams on clinical risk management and governance matters. His clients include medical malpractice underwriters, the MDDUS, British Athletics, Football Association of Wales and Liverpool Football Club.
Career
Ford & Warrens 1993-98 (qualified 1995); Hempsons 1998-2001; joined Capsticks 2003, partner 2007 to date.
Memberships
Institute of Risk Management; Medico-Legal Society; Royal Geographical Society.
Education
University of Leeds (1992 LLB Hons); University of London, King’s College (2002 MA Medical Ethics and Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
(Leading partners)Fielding a ‘bright, communicative’ team noted for its‘excellent commercial awareness’, Capsticks LLP acts for a range of high-profile defendants. Co-chaired by Catherine Bennett and Peter Marquand, the practice excels in litigation arising from high-value natal, cognitive and spinal injury claims. The firm is home to one of the most active specialist healthcare inquest teams, an area in which Philip Hatherall
is a key name to note. Cassius Box – highlighted for his ‘experience, intelligence’ – shines in cognitive and spinal injury claims, while Majid Hassan is regularly seen handling maternal, psychiatric and emergency medicine disputes. Kate Cornelius advises on sensitive injury claims, including catastrophic cognitive injury in children.