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Clinical Negligence

Rated among the top six sets in the country for clinical negligence by both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, 7 Bedford Row acts for many of the leading claimant and defendant firms and across a broad range of work within the clinical negligence field. Approved by the NHS Litigation Authority, we also act on behalf of private healthcare providers and individual practitioners.

    • Maximum severity brain and spinal injuries
    • Failed joint replacements
    • Keyhole surgery and delayed diagnosis of disease
    • Psychiatric injury
    • Hospital acquired infection
    • Failures to treat due to funding restrictions
    • Human Rights Act claims
  • Claims against alternative practitioners
  • Drug and medical product liability
  • Inquests and judicial review
  • Disciplinary tribunals and appeals
  • Appeals to Primary Care Trusts and other statutory bodies
  • Medical ethics cases.

Recent cases include:

Members of the clinical negligence team appeared in Gregg v Scott [2005] UKHL 2 (landmark House of Lords decision on "loss of a chance"); Bailey v MOD [2008] EWCA Civ 883 (causation and material contribution in clinical negligence claims); actress Lesley Ash’s £5 million settlement of her clinical negligence action against Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (2008); Telles v South West Strategic Health Authority [2008] EWHC (case arising from the BRI scandal); Canning-Kishvar v Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2008] EWCH 2384 (liability of NHS trust for the cerebral atrophy suffered by a premature baby when nursing staff failed to react to the drastic falls in her heart and respiratory rates); Khairule v North West SHA [2008] EWHC 1537 (limitation in the case of a clinical negligence action brought by a 27-year-old who had suffered brain damage at birth); Antoniades v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust [2007] EWHC (case involving allegations of substandard neonatal resuscitation); ES v Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust (2003) EWCA Civ 1284 (the leading case on the instruction of multiple experts) and the Bristol Heart Babies litigation.

 

Members practising in this area:

Latest Events

 

  • Laparoscopic Surgery Seminar in Chambers.
    On Wednesday the 26th May 2010 Prof. Edward Shaxted led a team of obstetric and gynaecology surgeons in a demonstration of laparoscopic surgical techniques.

    Over 30 solicitors joined with members of chambers in an invaluable learning experience. The morning session consisted of demonstrations of the component parts of the laparoscopic stack system; laparoscopic entry techniques and lectures on its use in ectopic pregnancies and in endometriosis.

    The afternoon consisted of a series of ‘hands on’ workshops when the lawyers’ lack of practical skills became evident. However, one or two demonstrated that if they get tired with law there may be another career open to them.

    Leslie Keegan, the course organiser, expressed chambers great appreciation to Professor Shaxted, Mr. Wesley Mc Culough, Mr. Patrick Bose and Ms Gill Smith who not only demonstrated great skill and patience but who gave up their very valuable time for free and made learning a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Profits from the course were donated to Baby Lifeline.

Contact us for professional advice:

Paul Eeles

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7400 7305
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: peeles@7br.co.uk

Mark Waterson

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7400 4430
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: mwaterson@7br..co.uk