The team at Fieldfisher, based in Manchester, is well-placed to represent claimants in a broad range of complex and high-stakes clinical negligence cases, including wrongful birth claims, as well as cases regarding maximum severity injuries and fatalities. Claire Horton has experience in acting for clients in complex catastrophic injury cases where causation ranges from maternity negligence to delayed diagnosis. Julia Hamilton has notable capabilities in handling high-value, sensitive, and complex negligence issues. Lindsay Holt's areas of focus include acting for adults with brain and spinal cord injuries and children with cerebral palsy resulting from negligence. Team lead Jenny Urwin ‘achieves incredible outcomes’ and has 30 years of experience handling clinical negligence matters of the utmost severity, including brain, birth, spinal, and neurological injuries.
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‘Jenny Urwin is a very professional and experienced person, and at the same time very helpful in difficult situations. I always knew that she was there for me when I needed help. She explains everything and I will always recommend her to anyone who needs help with a medical negligence issue.’
‘Claire Horton is an exceptional lawyer who is very committed and makes sure to maximise recovery in many difficult cases.’
Work highlights
Represented a child suffering brain injury following a failure to bring about earlier delivery at birth, resulting in cerebral palsy and physical, cognitive and behavioural problems, in reaching a £28.5m settlement.
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Practice head
Jenny Urwin
Other key lawyers
Julia Hamilton; Lindsay Holt; Claire Horton