Bevan Brittan LLP is active across a broad range of defendant clinical negligence matters, with the London team working alongside national colleagues under the leadership of Tim Hodgetts in Birmingham and Joanne Easterbrook. The firm advises NHS Resolution, medical defence organisations, and private healthcare providers, with expertise spanning mental health, obstetrics, and Human Rights Act claims. Easterbrook remains a key figure in NHS work, while Julie Charlton leads the medical malpractice and social care litigation practice across all offices. Dan Morris is noted for his work on AI and clinical risk, and the team continues to handle high-value cerebral palsy claims.
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‘This is a national firm. There is a large team with a variety of experience which works effectively together. This means that every type of case can be covered appropriately.’
‘Tim Hodgetts is probably the leading Defendant clinical negligence solicitor. He combines outstanding managerial acumen with great skill and experience as a lawyer in his own cases.'
'Julie Charlton is now head of the London office and is an excellent organiser of cases.'
'Joanne Easterbrook was formerly the senior partner and now concentrates on cases, with special skill in brain injury and psychiatric cases.'
‘Great, diverse team with great knowledge of the industry and pro-active approach.’
'There is a very good spread of individuals from partners to associates. They provide an excellent service to the client with intelligent and focused analysis.'
Key clients
- NHS Resolution
- MedPro
- The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Guys & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
- C.N.A Hardy
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Homerton NHS Foundation Trust
- West London Mental Health NHS Trust
- The Whittington Health NHS Trust
- South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Kent & Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership NHS Trust
Work highlights
Advised NHS Resolution and Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust on a case surrounding a brain injury arising at birth.
Advised NHS Resolution and others on claims arising from the homicide of multiple victims, with the claims brought pursuant to the Human Rights Act 1998 for alleged failures to manage and treat the perpetrators' mental health in the community setting.
Advised NHS Resolution and three NHS Trusts on a high-value claim concerning care by three Trusts for spinal TB, acute psychiatric illness, and neurosurgery.
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Practice head
Tim Hodgetts; Joanne Eastbrook
Other key lawyers
Julie Charlton; Dan Morris