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Work Department
Clinical negligence and personal injury.
Position
Mamta has extensive experience in the full range of medical negligence cases, working on all stages of a case, from the inquest and initial risk assessment to round table negotiations and trial. Mamta is a clinical negligence specialist acting mainly on behalf of claimants, although she does accept instructions from all defendant bodies. Mamta specialises in (uro)gynaecological/obstetric cases and is noted in Chambers UK 2014 for her work with female claimants on complex and sensitive cases and having ‘a really good eye for detail’. Mamta also acts in the full range of personal injury cases including road traffic accident fraud work.
Career
Called 2004. Awards include Lincolns Inn Lord Denning Scholar (Bar Vocational Course); Lincolns Inn Lord Wolfson Scholar (Pupillage); Inner Temple Pegasus Scholar (New Zealand).
Memberships
PIBA; AvMA; PNBA.
Education
BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, University of Leeds 2:1; Dip Law (commendation); Bar Vocational Course, College of Law (very conpetent).
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