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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 Sara Burns of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Birmingham

Partner and APIL Clinical Negligence specialist in complex clinical negligence cases. Sara heads up a team of 11, which is one of five teams in the Birmingham department specialising solely in clinical negligence. She has experience in claims involving all types of injury with a range of values. Sara has particular interest in obstetric and birth injury claims and has extensive experience of "wrongful birth" claims. She has successfully concluded many...

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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 Emma Rush of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Birmingham

Emma is a Partner within the Medical Negligence team at Irwin Mitchell LLP. She is based at their Birmingham office. She acts exclusively on behalf of clients in clinical negligence cases, helping people bring claims against NHS Trusts, GPs and private practitioners. She has a varied caseload including cases resulting in amputations and cases leading to fatalities. She has a particular interest in obstetric/gynaecology cases and have represented many families where children have...

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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, spinal, 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 Matthew Heap of CL MEDILAW in Wilmslow

A graduate of the University of York and Chester College of Law, I am a Partner in the clinical negligence and serious injury team at CL Medilaw, a trading name and nationally recognised part of Knights Professional Services Limited. I am accredited by APIL, Headway, The Law Society and the Brain Injury Group. I lead our Wilmslow team with a role that encompasses both extensive High Court litigation and acting as a Court of Protection appointed professional property and affairs deputy. At...

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Ms Kim McCleery of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

I am a Senior Associate Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell LLP specialising in medical negligence. I work in Yorkshire and the Northeast. I'm accredited by APIL as a Senior Litigator and a Clinical Negligence Specialist. I have experience in a broad range of claims against hospitals trusts, GPs, and private practitioners. I have over 15 years of experience in handling complex claims involving birth injuries, adult and child brain injuries, spinal injuries, orthopaedic injuries, delays in...

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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 Marcos Eleftheriou of FIELDFISHER in Birmingham

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 Jerard Knott of FLETCHERS SOLICITORS LTD 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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Mrs Lindsay Tomlinson of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Birmingham

I am a Partner in the Medical Negligence team covering Birmingham, Staffordshire and the West Midlands. I have over 20 years’ experience in medical negligence claims. I have particular expertise in spinal injury cases and birth injury claims. I have successfully concluded a number of spinal injury cases caused by negligent surgery and delay in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome. I have supported families when a child is injured during delivery or due to negligent...

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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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