DAC Beachcroft LLP

The Manchester-based team at DAC Beachcroft LLP has noteworthy capabilities in assisting its varied portfolio of clients, which includes key providers of medical services, both public and private, as well as insurers. The team advises clients who are under investigation and defends them at various court levels. The ‘exceptional legal minds’ that form the team include experienced product liability advisor Sean Doherty, who leads the team’s NHS Resolution work and whose areas of specialism range from birth injury claims to orthopaedic-related group actions; Claire Fitzgerald, who boasts expertise in handling mental health-related matters; and Bridie Mahoney, who is experienced in handling high-profile litigation. The team is helmed by London-based Hamza Drabu, Bristol’s Rachel Roberts-Jenkins, and Manchester-based Simon Wortley, who is lauded as an ’excellent lawyer’ and has experience handling both domestic and cross-jurisdictional matters for the team’s most prominent clients.