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Clinical Negligence

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2 Temple Gardens

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Clinical Negligence - London (Bar)

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What the Team is Known For

2 Temple Gardens houses barristers with a "full spectrum of experience" across clinical negligence claims. Areas of expertise for the team include claims arising from birth injuries, delayed diagnoses and surgical negligence, and members are regularly called upon to act in high-value quantum disputes and difficult liability trials. The set's barristers have extensive experience of representing both claimants and defendants, including medical defence organisations, private healthcare providers and NHS bodies. Recent instructions for the set include ABC v Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, a case concerning a delayed diagnosis of a virus, leading to complex brain damage.

Lee Tyler is the senior clerk.

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Strengths

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The clerks are brilliant. They're responsive, helpful and easy to deal with.
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They have an outstanding clerking service.
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The clerks always do what they promise, and they are very good about answering the telephone and following up.
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2 Temple Gardens has accommodating and proactive clerks, who are very easy to deal with.
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Anna Hughes
Anna Hughes is an experienced barrister who is regularly sought after to undertake high-value, complex cases in the fields of both clinical negligence and personal injury. Her particular expertise in quantum makes her an asset in multimillion-pound cases. She is highly regarded for her cross-examination skills.
She is an extremely talented lawyer, and wonderful advocate.
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She is excellent.
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She has a straightforward, no-nonsense approach and gets to the crux of a case really quickly. She is enjoyable to work with.
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She is a highly skilled advocate, and a charming but tenacious negotiator who always gets results.
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Anna is an exceptional barrister.
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Benjamin Browne
Benjamin Browne KC is noted for his mastery in cases involving catastrophic birth injury claims and negligent diagnoses. Browne acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants, employing his many years of experience to champion the interests of his clients. He is known for his expertise in cerebral palsy claims.
Nothing escapes his attention, he is a wonderful advocate who is really calm and really measured. The judge sits up and listens. He is really fantastic.
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He gives excellent advice and is proactive.
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Caroline Harrison
Caroline Harrison KC is a high-ranking silk specialising in clinical negligence, with a particular focus on cases arising from adult brain damage, as well as neonatal and spinal injuries. She is also an expert in niche areas of medical law such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microbiological causation in septic arthritis. Her practice also incorporates personal injury and health and safety cases.
Caroline is absolutely fantastic to work with. She is exceptionally knowledgeable, with an ability to boil down the most complex and extensive of instructions to the key elements.
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She is an absolute delight to work with. She is knowledgeable, curious and invested in all aspects of a case. She is beyond helpful.
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Caroline is excellent with clients, particularly when distilling down complex matters into advice that is easy to understand.
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Caroline is fantastic. She handles witnesses with grace and is technically savvy.
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Harry Trusted
Harry Trusted handles catastrophic injury cases, including those involving brain damage, amputation and cancer. He is also regularly sought after to undertake wrongful birth cases. His impressive client roster includes patients, NHS hospital trusts and clinicians.
Harry is an exceptional barrister whose ability to assess case value with precision is second to none.
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He is very meticulous in his liability and he works well with experts.
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He is very good at taking complex stuff and making it simpler, he does really clear, straightforward pleadings.
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Harry is extremely reliable and a solid barrister.
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Martin Porter
Martin Porter KC is an experienced barrister who is highly proficient at handling complex clinical negligence matters, including those arising from psychiatric and brain injury. His practice is primarily defendant-focused. He regularly undertakes appellate advocacy.
He is very personable and easy to work with on complex high value matters. He delivered what client needed.
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He is very good technically, he takes on difficult legal points in a down to earth, unflustered way.
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He was very good.
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Michael de Navarro
Michael de Navarro KC is highly praised by peers and other market sources for his clinical negligence expertise, particularly when it comes to catastrophic injury cases such as brain and spinal cord injury claims. He handles everything from small injury claims to those of the highest value and severity, and acts for both claimants and defendants. He has worked on a number of wrongful birth cases.
He is brilliant. He is a good choice for anyone looking for a barrister on a multimillion pound case.
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He is an extremely knowledgeable clinical negligence barrister, and his knowledge and recall of really complex pediatric brain injury cases is exceptional.
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Sarah Vaughan Jones
Sarah Vaughan Jones KC is a leading silk admired by peers and clients alike for her expansive medical knowledge and years of professional experience. She is noted for her proficiency in brain and spinal injury claims, and obstetric negligence cases. She is also highly experienced in personal injury and professional negligence litigation.
Sarah delivers exceptional client service by providing clear, strategic advice tailored to each client’s unique needs, ensuring they are informed, confident and supported throughout the process.
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She is my number one and a go-to in relation to liability and quantum.
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She has technical skills which go unrivalled.
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Sarah has a brilliant and inquisitive mind. She has a thirst for knowledge which goes beyond the information presented to her by medical experts.
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She is the quantum queen, there is no aspect she doesn't know about. She just knows all the details of the case, she has it at her fingertips.
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Bradley Martin
Bradley Martin KC handles a broad range of cases, and has particular interest in claims arising from catastrophic injuries to the spine and brain. He is instructed by a mixture of claimants and defendants.
He is highly skilled, highly knowledgeable and very adept at cutting through to what are the key issues in a case.
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He is a fantastic advocate. He goes above and beyond to assist clients with resolution and is realistic about case prospects whilst being robust in negotiations.
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Bradley has a lot of gravitas. His written work is nice and crisp, and he gets to the point.
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Roger Harris
Roger Harris is a well-regarded junior noted for his particular expertise handling cases arising from catastrophic injuries. He is an expert on cases relating to birth injuries, plastic surgery and mental health. He also takes on technically complicated personal injury cases.
He is sharp.
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He is really good.
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Roger is practical and pragmatic, he has a deep knowledge of how things work on the other side which benefits the client. He is a very technical lawyer.
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Andrew Bershadski
Andrew Bershadski handles a range of clinical negligence work including brain injury matters and consent cases. He is well placed to act for both claimants and defendants.
He is excellent all round and a real pleasure to work with.
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He is easy to work with, pragmatic and on top of difficult detail.
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Andrew is a delight to work with. He has a friendly approach, is highly analytical and is not afraid of technical challenges.
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He provides great client service by offering clear, strategic advice, tailored to the client’s needs, ensuring they fully understand their legal position and options.
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He is outstanding counsel.
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Helen Wolstenholme
Helen Wolstenholme acts for both claimants and defendants in complex medical negligence claims. She is regularly instructed in wrongful birth, delayed diagnosis and mental health cases. She is also experienced in the handling of fatal claims.
She is a sensible advocate.
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She is very good on detail and highly responsive.
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Robert Cumming
Robert Cumming is a junior barrister with knowledge of a wide array of clinical negligence matters, including several high-value birth injury and surgical cases. Although he predominantly represents defence organisations and NHS Resolution, he also represents claimants.
He was superb in every step of the way.
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Robert is strategic, razor sharp, extremely well prepared and collaborative. He is easy to work with and personable.
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His quantum analysis is spot on, his natural instincts are good, and he is very experienced.
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William Wraight
William Wraight is a barrister with a depth of knowledge and expertise drawn from his years as a surgeon and medical tutor at Cambridge University. He has been instructed in an array of cases, including those arising from missed diagnoses. He is well-regarded for his ability to analyse tricky medical evidence. He represents both claimants and defendants.
He is very diligent and masters the detail.
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He is a fantastic advocate and he is incredibly detailed. He is fantastic.
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He is an incredibly experienced medical lawyer who gets to grips with even the most complex issues of medicine.
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He has a fantastic eye for detail, very contactable and an all round reliable counsel.
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William is simply wonderful. He is extremely knowledgeable and nothing is ever too much trouble for him. He gives really clear and pragmatic advice.
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Nina Unthank
Nina Unthank's clinical negligence practice focuses on defendants, offering expertise in settlements as well as taking cases through to trial. She has experience before the High Court and has handled high-value cases involving catastrophic brain injury and spinal injuries.
Nina is fantastic and one of my go-to barristers. She is a brilliant advocate and negotiator, and has produced some excellent results for our clients.
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Sam Stevens
Sam Stevens is experienced in handling a range of complex clinical negligence claims, including those arising from failed diagnoses. He is regularly called upon to represent insurers and private clinicians.
He is extremely hardworking and a great team player.
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He is quietly confident and does exceptionally effective witness handling.
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He is an excellent lawyer, he is a joy to work with and a good advocate.
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Up and Coming
Paige Mason-Thom
Paige Mason-Thom is a talented barrister who regularly serves as sole counsel. She has experience acting for individual defendants as well as NHS Resolution, but also accepts instruction on behalf of claimants.
Paige has a good eye for detail, a sensible approach to what arguments to pursue and is willing to go the extra mile for urgent input being sought.
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She is absolutely phenomenal, she operates at a level way beyond her years. She is very calm, has an ability to assimilate a vast amount of information and is very accurate.
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She is bright, very committed to the client's case, and a delight to deal with.
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