Clyde & Co

Leveraging ‘excellent knowledge of the industry’, Clyde & Co’s expanding Bristol team advises national healthcare clients in fatal accident inquires, inquests and a range of regulatory and criminal proceedings. Working between London and Bristol, Claire Petts leads the firm’s global healthcare team, while Robert Wilson specialises in high-value brain injury claims, alongside medical malpractice inquests and litigation. In the Bristol office, the ‘excellent defendant team’ includes Sarah Wood, who advises both NHS and private clients in high-profile group actions; Helen Heeley, a specialist in claims involving cerebral palsy, brain injuries and cauda equina syndrome; and senior associates Lea Kelsey and Rebecca Weatherley, who joined the team in 2024 from DAC Beachcroft LLP.