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LONDON
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Catherine Bennett
Work Department
Clinical Law.
Position
Experience
Catherine has over 12 years’ experience of handling complex, sensitive and high value claims for Defendants. She is a Nominated Partner for NHS Resolution and manages a team of lawyers undertaking a broad range of case work of differing value and complexity. She also manages Capsticks’ Claims Handling Service which provides an innovative, outsourced service for the management of healthcare organisations’ claims.
Expertise
Catherine is a recognised expert in defending the most challenging claims, including those concerning alleged breaches of human rights. Although very experienced in traditional court based litigation, Catherine has used mediation successfully on behalf of defendants on numerous occasions.
Catherine is well known for leading the Capsticks’ claims handling service. She has developed an innovative in-house administrative service for Trusts.
Training is one of Catherine’s passions and she has lectured extensively on medico-legal topics and trends in litigation at board level.
Education
M.A. (Cantab), 1997
M.A. Medical Law and Ethics, King’s College, London, 2006
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
(Leading individuals)Capsticks LLP‘s defendant clinical negligence lawyers are ‘characterised by their intelligence, ability to carry out a penetrating legal analysis and a determination to leave no stone unturned‘, according to one client. As well as handling complex and sensitive work on behalf of numerous NHS acute, community, mental health and ambulance trusts, the firm has also developed a significant medical malpractice offering, which represents underwriters in claims brought against private surgeons, clinics and hospitals. Other areas of focus include inquests, and providing advice to healthcare teams in the elite sports sector. Peter Marquand acts as the national department head, while Catherine Bennett, who specialises in brain, spinal and other catastrophic injuries, has overall responsibility for the operational delivery of NHS Resolution’s work. Group litigation expert Philip Hatherall is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: defendant - London > Insurance
- Leading individuals - London > Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant