Chambers Review
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Clinical Negligence: Mainly Defendant - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
DWF has a respected team which handles a range of clinical negligence claims and regulatory work for both individual practitioners and healthcare entities. The team's expertise includes matters involving brain injury, amputation and fatal claims.
Strengths
What marks DWF out is their grasp of the detail, which is often complex in clinical negligence.
They are really good - their level of detail is beyond great.
The team at DWF has a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of clinical negligence. They are very prompt and responsive.
Notable practitioners
Vicki Swanton is head of healthcare at DWF in London. She handles a wide spectrum of matters including allegations of negligent psychiatric care and surgical negligence claims.
Vicki is excellent and easy to work with.
Vicki is unflappable and dedicates herself to her work. She knows the law inside and out, is very user-friendly and makes the whole process easier from start to finish.
Vicki is extremely astute and has oodles of experience. She is a natural thinker who pushes boundaries and she is great with clients.
Rachel Thompson is an experienced clinical negligence solicitor with a broad-ranging practice. Her work includes complex cauda equina and orthopaedic matters as well as wrongful birth and psychiatric claims.
Rachel provides clear and pragmatic advice and is someone who can be relied upon to get things done. She is very approachable and hands-on with client care.
Rachel has extremely good knowledge in terms of facts of the case and is very confident with the medical issues. She is really great to work with, very collaborative and extremely experienced.