Ranked as a leading junior in personal injury law in The Legal 500 (2007), Brendan is regularly instructed in high value personal injury claims. He has particular expertise in group litigation and social work/education negligence cases.
Brendan also specialises in clinical negligence cases, including cases of obstetric negligence leading to cerebral palsy or Erb’s palsy, negligent psychiatric care, and negligent surgery.
He regularly appears in private and public law children cases, particularly where complex medical issues arise. He is instructed on behalf of local authorities, parents and children’s guardians.
Brendan speaks on his areas of expertise, recent examples including lectures on defending social services claims, child abduction, and the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Key cases
- Barrett v Enfield LBC [2001] 2 AC 550, House of Lords
- S v Gloucestershire; L v Tower Hamlets [2001] Fam 313, Court of Appeal
- W v S County Council [2001] EWCA 691
- Maddock v Devon CC [2004] EWHC 3494
- Re K (a child) [2006] EWCA Civ 1881
- Forde Park Approved School Child Abuse litigation
Contact Brendan Roche
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk