Clinical Negligence

"Deans Court Chambers is ‘excellent for personal injury’ cases and has a solid clinical negligence practice to boot. Areas of expertise include birth injuries, road traffic accidents, failure to diagnose/treat brain and spinal cord injuries, and catastrophic injury claims. Members also handle claims involving allegations of dishonesty." - Legal 500

Deans Court Chambers has a vast experience in the preparation and presentation of highly technical and complex clinical negligence claims for damages for catastrophic injuries. 

We are able to offer specialist advice and representation on behalf of both claimants and defendants at all stages of the litigation including joint settlement meetings and mediation. We provide detailed advice in relation to the merits of claims and the evidence required whether the issue is breach of duty, causation, the assessment of the value of the claim or a combination of some or all of these. 

Where appropriate, we will accept instructions under individual conditional fee agreements. 

Many of our barristers are active in the Personal Injury Bar Association [PIBA],  and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers [APIL]. 

The Deans Court Clinical Negligence team recent cases include, but are not limited to:-

- Catastrophic brain injury resulting from clinical mismanagement at birth: several recent settlements at or over £5 million;

- Acromegalic giantism resulting from non-diagnosis of pituitary tumour;

- Cases of non-diagnosis or delayed diagnosis of cancers of the blood, skin, skull base, sinuses, throat, breast, stomach, colon, kidneys, bladder, cervix, vagina and testes;

- Mistaken diagnosis of pancreatic cancer leading to psychiatric injury;

- Diabetic or vascular mismanagement leading to losses of limbs. Recent settlements include £1 million for an above knee amputation, and £0.5 million for a below knee amputation;

- Mismanagement of epilepsy, resulting in brain damage: claim recently settled for £2 million;

- Negligent surgical and gynaecological procedures leading to catastrophic bowel injuries;

- Failure of treatment of AIDS victim;

- Cases of substandard spinal surgery, and of failure to diagnose injury to the cauda equina resulting in major disability. Recent settlements include £0.5 million for disabling cauda equina syndrome;

- Errors in GP management;

- Failure to manage post-surgical infection leading to disability or death;

- Negligent mismanagement of deep vein thrombosis, including one claim recently settled for £400,000 for post thrombotic syndrome;

- High spinal injuries with complete tetraplegia – recent settlement in excess of £6 million.