The Clinical Negligence and Healthcare barristers at Kings Chambers are leading practitioners recognised for their expertise in advocacy and advice in the most complex cases on a whole range of claims including:
Issues surrounding clinical negligence and healthcare actions extend beyond civil litigation into associated areas such as:
Some of our specialist barristers joined the Bar and Kings Chambers from medical or other healthcare backgrounds.
They have experience at all court levels and act for claimants and defendants. The team prides itself not only on its specialist knowledge but also on its client care, aiming to be accessible and to accommodate the needs of individual clients.
The team deals with treatment decision cases as well as data protection issues and defending CQC prosecutions.
Our barristers have specific expertise in the assessment of quantum in very high value cases and the use of periodical payments.
We act for both claimants as well as defendants including individual NHS Trusts, NHSLA, healthcare insurers, defence organisations (such as NHS Resolution), and other government bodies.
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Midlands:
Kings Chambers is noted for its representation of both claimant and defendant clients in a wide range of clinical negligence disputes. The set's barristers are particularly well regarded for their expertise in wrongful birth and birth injury claims, including complex cerebral palsy cases. Members are also regularly called upon to handle high-value claims arising from surgical negligence and delayed or missed diagnoses. Barristers at Kings Chambers were instructed on a case involving negligent surgery resulting in the claimant undergoing an emergency tracheostomy. Members also acted for the claimant in a matter concerning negligent treatment at an accident and emergency department following a road traffic collision. Interviewees report: "They have a wealth of experienced practitioners in this particularly complex and nuanced area of law."
North Eastern:
Kings Chambers is well regarded for its clinical negligence practice in Leeds. The set carries out medical negligence work on behalf of both claimants and defendants. Its barristers are instructed on matters such as obstetric claims, surgical negligence, and failures and delays in diagnosis. Kings Chambers offers additional expertise in birth injury cases and quantum claims.
Northern:
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