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Overview
DAC Beachcroft LLP is the market-leading and largest defendant clinical negligence and medical malpractice team in the UK. We have been acting for the NHS since its inception in 1948 and are an original panel firm for NHS Resolution (formerly the NHS Litigation Authority), as well as being proud to call the MDU and many private healthcare providers and their insurers as clients.
In addition to this, our clinical negligence and medical malpractice teams provide market leading services for insurers in both the Republic of Ireland and in Spain.
Dealing in dispute resolution and as advocates in courts, tribunals and coroner's courts, our experts provide advice on performance issues and professional disciplinary matters, as well as having experience of mediation and ADR generally.
We offer genuine end-to-end expertise, from incident management, insurance notifications, and TPA claims handling, through to the most complex litigation in this field, involving group and representative action. This includes some of the largest group actions involving the NHS today, taking a cutting-edged approach to managing the complexities of such litigation.
Members
McGrath, Matthew (Head of Department)
Ashley, Mark
Dix, Belinda
Downey, Peter
Eaton, Sara
Hallatt, Diane
Lane, Anthea
Longfield, Tracey
McIntosh, Dawn
Merchant, Peter
Neale, Joanne
Perkins, Simon
Roberts-Jenkins, Rachel
Rowe, Neil
Slingo, Corinne
Volpe, Hannah
Weatherill, Gill
Wortley, Simon
Clients
Allied World
Mitsui Sumitomo
Neon Underwriting Ltd
NHS Litigation Authority
Nuffield
QBE
RSA
Spire
The Medical Defence Union
Zurich Global Corporate
Industries
Health