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Byrom Street Chambers has an excellent reputation for its ‘wealth of experience and knowledge’ and ‘real strength in depth’ in the clinical negligence space. The group reports an increase in instructions arising from birth injury claims, and continues to advise on a wide range of complex, high-value cases involving brain injury and cerebral palsy claims. Head of chambers Christopher Melton KC has ‘vast knowledge of maximum severity clinical negligence cases, and is a fount of knowledge in birth injury claims’. Deputy head of chambers Sally Hatfield KC predominantly acts for claimants in cauda equina, birth injury claims and wrongful birth claims. Jason Wells‘ ’attention to detail in the field of clinical negligence is unparalleled‘.
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Work Department
Clinical negligence; medical law; inquests; personal injuries.
Position
Specialist in medical law, principally in clinical negligence in cases involving injuries of maximum severity, such as birth injury, spinal or cauda equina injury, or other clinical conditions of great complexity or life-changing outcome.
Also has a personal injury practice, again particularly involving catastrophic injury or complex medical issues of causation.
Career
Called to the bar in 1988, practised at Doughty Street Chambers in London until a move to Manchester in 2000, where she became a tenant at Peel Court Chambers and then Byrom Street Chambers from 2008.
Appointed Silk in 2013.
Became a Recorder of the Crown Court in 2004, and of the County Court in 2015, Assistant Coroner for Manchester Central from 2008 - 2024.
She lectures regularly on issues relating to clinical negligence, particularly on liability trials.
Languages
French
Memberships
PIBA, PNBA, INQUEST Lawyers' Group, Human Rights Lawyers Association.
Education
Portsmouth High School; Lincoln College, Oxford (1986, BA Hons, Jurisprudence First Class).
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Testimonials
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- 'The clerks at Byrom Street are incredibly responsive, efficient and helpful. Matt Tudor is an exceptional clerk.'
- 'Matt Tudor is always willing to go above and beyond to help.'
- 'The clerks at Byrom Street are second to none. Lucy Bardsley is excellent.'
- 'All of the clerks provide a great service.'
- 'Byrom Street Chambers offers an impressive wealth of experience in the sphere of clinical negligence.'
- 'The go-to chambers for high-value complex claimant clinical negligence work.'
- 'A fantastic set.'
- 'Well respected and full of talent.'