Meet the team

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The market leading medical negligence team in Birmingham specialises in the most complex, varied and high-profile cases in and around the region. It is the largest team of claimant medical negligence lawyers in the region handling more cases than all of the other midlands regional Claimant firms put together. We have 39 case handlers practicing medical negligence and they are assisted by a dedicated team of support colleagues. At any one time the department is handling well in excess of 1,000 medical negligence cases.

The department is led by 7 partners all with a national reputation and recognised as leaders in their area. We attract and train the best solicitors who work closely with medical experts to pursue cases. We also have the benefit of an in-house nurse with extensive medical knowledge on the team. 2 of our Birmingham partners sit on the firm’s national Medical Negligence Executive Board.

We have 2 AVMA clinical negligence panel members and 3 Law Society clinical negligence panel members. We also have 1 APIL Fellow, 12 APIL accredited Senior Litigators and 8 APIL accredited Litigators. One of our partners is on the Legal Aid Review Panel.

The department prides itself on achieving excellent results for clients – during the past 12 months the team has secured over £54,791,731 in damages for our clients (capitalised figure). The team also regularly appears in the media to comment on cases and legal developments. We had significant involvement in the press coverage of the Shrewsbury and Telford Ockenden Maternity report, appearing to provide expert commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, Good Morning Britain, Sky News and LBC alongside print commentary in the Sun, the Guardian and many others.

Our team in Birmingham received 37 5* Google reviews and 99 top level 5* Trust Pilot client reviews over the past 12 months, demonstrating the team’s commitment to fantastic client care. We know our clients choose us because of our reputation for putting our clients at the centre of everything we do.

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