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Medical Negligence
Our Medical negligence claim expertise
Every year, thousands of people are treated by healthcare
professionals. Most of the time the care received is
exceptional, but occasionally things do go wrong. If you,
or a loved one, have been unfortunate and received
sub- standard service, it may be possible to make a medical
negligence claim with us.
The law surrounding medical negligence,
also referred to as clinical negligence, is extremely
complex and it is essential that specialist advice is
sought. Our medical negligence
lawyers have expertise in these sensitive and often
difficult cases. We offer clients sensible and realistic advice
about their claim and the best way to seek compensation.
"....handles a wide portfolio of complex claims, and
is not frightened to take on controversial cases... "
Legal 500
"A first
class firm at the top of the tree for clinical negligence
work"
Chambers
What our clients say about us
| “Just to say how much we appreciate all your hard work that
led to the compensation settlement that will make such a difference
to Jake’s life. Your attention to detail and great knowledge
and skill in this particular type of case reassured us that the
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| “I found Paul to be sincere, considerate,
sympathetic and sensitive to our needs. He was always conscious we
were dealing with our lives, not just another case.” |
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Some of our recent Medical Negligence cases
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Father dies from chicken pox
after string of hospital failures
Paul McNeil represents widow after
numerous GP blunders led to the death of her husband
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Mark Bowman, has won a
substantial compensation payout for patient after health
specialists repeatedly failed to diagnose terminal cancer
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Paul McNeil, head of the Medical
Negligence department, has won substantial compensation for
Romy Smith.
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Samantha Critchley has recovered
£405,750 compensation, awarded to a nine-year-old girl,
who was injured during her birth in 1998 whilst under the care of
the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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To read more cases in our specialist areas of medical
negligence law, use the left hand menu
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What the legal directories say about our medical
negligence claims department
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This is a compact and highly effective team, with
expertise across a wide range of clinical negligence claims. It
also has a strong emphasis on high-value and particularly complex
cases.
“A fantastically good lawyer,” Paul McNeil is considered to be one of the
foremost practitioners in clinical negligence. He is known for his
careful management of cases from start to finish, and is credited
for his impressive handling of the medical details of cases. New to
the rankings, Samantha Critchley is
“practical, dedicated and hard-working." She
recently achieved a number of impressive settlements in Erb's palsy cases.
2010
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A real ‘star in
the field of clinical negligence’, Paul McNeil leads Field Fisher
Waterhouse LLP’s ‘excellent’ team, which
includes Samantha
Critchley who is consistently
praised as ‘one to watch’; she
‘has all the makings of a star performer, she is
clever, brave and knows each of her cases
inside out’.
Richard
Earle is singled out for his ‘smooth and
thorough’ approach. Successful cases for the team
included Munday v Royal
Berkshire NHS Foundation
Trust, in which the highest reported settlement in an
Erb’s Palsy case was awarded.
2009
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This compact but “highly skilled and
experienced" team achieves impressive results in a
wide range of clinical and professional negligence cases. Its busy
caseload has recently included high-value and often extremely
complex cerebral palsy, obstetric, surgical,
failure to diagnose and hospital acquired infection claims. Leading
the group is “stalwart campaigner”
Paul McNeil, who is admired for his
“passionate yet reasonable approach” and
tenacity on behalf of his clients.
2009
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Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP’s ‘
high-quality’ and ‘
broad’ team is led by Paul McNeil, who has 25
years’ experience in the field. The practice has an
‘excellent reputation’ across a broad spectrum of
claims, with significant cases in 2007 involving hospital infections, cerebral palsy, neurosurgery and wrongful birth.
2008
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