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Accredited Clinical Negligence Specialists

APIL has a specialist accreditation for clinical negligence claims. If an APIL member’s profile displays the specialist accreditation logo it shows that they have achieved a particularly high standard of expertise and competence and that they actually specialise in this area of the law. However, due to the specialised nature of this accreditation we may not have a member with specialist accreditation in your area.

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Only accredited members appear on the public search facility. If an APIL member's profile does not display the clinical negligence specialist logo they will still be accredited at one of the general levels offered by APIL, having satisfied APIL's specific and extensive criteria by providing evidence of their competency and experience in handling personal injury claims.

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Mrs Liz Oaten of LESTER ALDRIDGE LLP in Southampton

Liz Oaten I am a Partner in the Clinical Negligence department at Lester Aldridge and since qualification in 1987 I have specialised in handling clinical negligence cases complemented by my post graduate degree (LLM) in the legal aspects of medical practice and my accreditation as a mediator. I am a member of all three specialist clinical negligence schemes, the APIL accredited clinical negligence specialist scheme the AvMA clinical negligence panel, The Law Society's Clinical...

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Miss Laura Barlow of BOLT BURDON KEMP LLP in London

Laura is a Senior Associate brain injury solicitor in the adult brain injury team at Bolt Burdon Kemp. Laura works solely on Adult Brain Injury cases. A few examples of the types of case Laura can assist with include: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours/cysts Failure to prevent/adequately treat stroke Delay in diagnosis and treatment of brain bleeds due to a failure to carry out a brain scan in A&E Traumatic brain injuries sustained in a medical or nursing home...

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Mrs Sarah Coles of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Leeds

Sarah Coles is Partner and Regional Head of Leeds and Newcastle Medical Negligence Teams and is based in North Yorkshire with her family and dog. She is a Partner and specialises in Medical Negligence law with a particular interest in cerebral palsy cases, child brain injury work, sepsis and amputation cases. Her teams support all types of medical negligence issues and are the leaders in their field. Sarah qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and has specialised in the field of clinical...

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Mr Marcos Eleftheriou of FIELDFISHER in London

I am a Legal Director in the medical negligence team at Fieldfisher. I have practiced in this area since qualifying in 2010. I have dealt with a wide range of case types including delayed diagnosis of cancer, fatal accidents, acquired brain injury, amputation, spinal injury, birth injury, and cosmetic surgery. My experience in neurological injury, delay in diagnosing cancer cases and fatal cases is particularly extensive. For example, I...

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Mr Paul Balen of FREETHS LLP in Nottingham

Paul graduated with a first in law at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He qualified as a solicitor in 1977 and became a partner in what is now Freeths in 1980. He is now a Consultant. A Past President of both the Nottinghamshire Law and the Nottinghamshire Medico-legal Societies in 2000 he was appointed one of the first three Senior Fellows of the APIL. He was national secretary and an executive committee member of APIL between 1998 and 2000. He is an accredited APIL clinical...

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Mr John McQuater of SWITALSKIS SOLICITORS LTD in Doncaster

APIL Secretary and Partner at Atherton Godfrey LLP John McQuater qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and is a partner at Atherton Godfrey LLP, Doncaster, where he is the head of litigation with overall responsibility for the personal injury, clinical negligence, employment and dispute resolution teams. He is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme (as well as being an assessor for that...

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Mr Alan Mendham of GADSBY WICKS in Chelmsford

Since qualifying as a solicitor in 2004 Alan has specialised exclusively in clinical negligence claims. He handles a wide range of claims including surgical errors, misdiagnosis and birth injuries. Alan is a member of the Law Sociey Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme a member of the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers Executive Commitee and of the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers' Public Affairs and Patient Safety Group.

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Miss Philippa Luscombe of PENNINGTONS MANCHES COOPER LLP in Guildford

Philippa heads the Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Clinical negligence and Personal Injury teams http://www.penningtons.co.uk/people/k-o/philippa-luscombe/ . She specialises in catastrophic (mainly brain injury) and fatal injury accident claims and a wide range of clinical negligence claims - with a particular focus on cases involving spinal conditions and surgery , brain injury and delayed diagnosis. She is a Senior Accredited litigator and accredited as a Clinical...

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Mr Jerard Knott of FLETCHERS SOLICITORS in Manchester

Jerard is a specialist clinical negligence solicitor at Fletchers Solicitors in Manchester. Jerard is accredited by APIL as a Senior Litigator and as a Clinical Negligence Specialist. Between 2018 and summer 2024, he was APIL's clinical negligence special interest group coordinator (having been the group secretary in 2017). Jerard is a member of a number of APIL's working parties and is also part of the clinical negligence annual conference organising...

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Mr Christopher Noble of SWITALSKIS SOLICITORS LTD in Doncaster

Christopher Noble is a partner and the Head of the Clinical Negligence Team. He specialises in clinical negligence litigation on behalf of adults and children. He joined Atherton Godfrey in November 2007 having qualified as a solicitor in 1994. He trained in Leeds and subsequently specialised in personal injury and clinical negligence with Yorkshire practices also gaining partnership and departmental management experience. He has dealt with a wide variety of clinical negligence claims,...

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All patients are owed a 'duty of care' by their medical practitioner. No medical treatment or surgical procedure can be guaranteed to be 100% effective, but if you suffer an injury due to the negligence of the nurse, doctor or surgeon involved, then you may be entitled to compensation for the injuries suffered.

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