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Dr Kevin Naylor
Work Department
Clinical Negligence
Position
Prior to a life at the bar, Kevin originally qualified as a doctor and practised medicine for 7 years. He now practises in the fields of personal injury and clinical negligence, acting for both claimants and defendants. His medical background means he is somewhat unique at the bar and is an enormous asset to his clients. He is one of a small number of dual qualification barristers practising in the UK.
Kevin is routinely instructed in high value cases involving clinical negligence in all areas, injury to the central nervous system including catastrophic brain and spinal cord injury, multiple orthopaedic injuries, psychiatric injury and fatal accidents.
He has wide experience and expertise in the following areas:
- Inquests and inquiries – having represented interested parties in the Shipman Inquiry and more recently the inquiry into the death of Chloe Fahey
- Employers liability claims involving injury or disease, particularly where there are novel or complex issues of causation
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Education claims including failure to diagnose dyslexia
and autistic spectrum disorder - Civil Procedure
Career
Qualified in Medicine 1985; Practised in University teaching hospitals 1985 – 1989; Qualified as a Barrister 1992
Memberships
- Personal Injuries Bar Association
- Founder member Society of Doctors in Law (SODIL)
Education
- MB.Ch.B. MRCGP LL.B. (Hons) LL.M.
- 1985: Qualified in Medicine.
- 1989-1991: LL.B. (Hons.). Studied law whilst working full time as GP Deputy.
- 1991-1992: Inns of Court School of Law. (Very Competent)
- 1992-1993: LL.M. (International and Commercial Law)
- 1993 to date: Barrister practising on the Northern Circuit.
Leisure
Kevin enjoys skiing. He is very enthusiastic but essentially unskilled despite over 400 hours of personal instruction. His other interests include fishing, topiary and walking to the village pub with his family and trusted labradors, Malt and Harry.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Kevin Naylor – Exchange Chambers ‘Kevin practised medicine before being called to the Bar and there are very few counsel who can offer such a unique perspective on complex clinical negligence cases. His advice is always definitive and clear, which again is welcomed when the issues are so complicated.’
The clinical negligence department at Exchange Chambers is frequently instructed by both a broad range of claimants as well as defendants including hospitals and NHS organisations, medical defence organisations and other insurers. Gerard Martin KC specialises in brain and spinal cord injury clinical negligence cases, in addition to amputation-related claims, while David Knifton KC acts predominantly for claimants in cases surrounding obstetric injuries, delays in diagnosis, and consent issues. Of recent note, he acted for the claimant in Brown v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a clinical negligence claim arising from the failure to investigate and treat major falls in blood pressure in a diabetic woman who went on to suffer from strokes. Christopher Barnes KC and Bill Braithwaite KC are also notable members of the set. Turning to the juniors, Kevin Naylor is a key name, having previously practised as a doctor, and Matthew Stockwell has significant experience in handling cases arising from brain, spinal, and life-changing injuries.