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Rhodri Jones
Work Department
Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Inquests
Career
Call: 2017
Rhodri specialises in clinical negligence, acting for both claimants and defendants. Before retraining as a barrister, Rhodri practiced as a medical doctor for 18 years, principally in A&E and general practice. His wealth of knowledge and clinical experience enables him to quickly grasp the relevant issues in all aspects of medical law.
Recent experience includes advising and drafting statements of case in relation to claims in general practice, anaesthetics, cardiology, endocrinology, oncology, obstetrics, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, general surgery, and dentistry. He is regularly instructed to draft schedules and counter schedules.
Rhodri is the author of “A Practical Guide to Material Contribution in Clinical Negligence” published by Law Brief Publishing in September 2023.
Education
- University of Law Bloomsbury – BPTC (very competent) 2017
- University of Law Bloomsbury – GDL (distinction) 2016
- Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2012
- Diploma of Child’s Health 2010
- Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine 2007
- MBChB (bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery) Manchester 2000
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Rhodri Jones – St John’s Chambers ‘Rhodri has an excellent knowledge of inquests and the coronial process.’
St John’s Chambers covers a range of inquests and inquiries, concerning deaths involving medical treatment, police custody, and residential and nursing care homes. Louise Asprey is instructed by the Ministry of Justice in an inquiry investigating a death of a prisoner who hanged himself in his cell. Rachel Segal ‘s recent workload includes acting for a family of a man who died while he was under the care of the cardiology care department of a hospital. Rhodri Jones, who has almost two decades of experience of medical practice, regularly acts for health care organisations in complex inquests.