About

Provided by RWK Goodman

From acquired brain injuries and dental negligence, to birth injuries and spinal injuries, our team of expert medical negligence solicitors have exhaustive experience of claims and compensation. Whatever you need to claim for, we know how best to go about it. As medical negligence solicitors, we've been helping clients make successful claims for decades, and pride ourselves on getting to grips with the complex needs of every case to deliver a speedy resolution.

Our team is led by Simon Elliman, who has strong experience and experience in cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy claims, and also specialises in spinal injury. Partner Paul Rumley specialises in birth injury, fatal, cardiology and cancer cases, and has a particular interest in developing areas of medical claims, such as involving genetic conditions. Partner Kerstin Scheel's main area of interest lies in birth injury, cerebral palsy, Group B strep claims, wrongful birth, and Erb's palsy claims. Partner Ali Cloak has won impressive results for her clients (including novel dependency issues and overcoming liability issues in medically complex cases). She specialises in birth injury, psychiatric claims, high value orthopaedic, amputation, and surgery related claims. Hannah Blackwell is a Senior Associate who has secured multi-million pound settlements for clients who suffered brain injury at birth. Senior Associate Naomi Todd heads up the Dental Negligence team. 


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Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant - South West

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What the Team is Known For

RWK Goodman is a premier Somerset firm with a large team that offers expertise in a broad range of high-value clinical negligence matters including birth injury, failures in diagnosis and surgical negligence. Its team is also recognised for its strong capabilities in Erb's palsy cases. The firm is often called upon to represent clients at inquests. It also provides Court of Protection and trust advice to provide a holistic service for clients.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Kerstin Scheel
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Kerstin Scheel
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Kerstin Scheel possesses considerable expertise in claims concerning complex brain injuries, including cerebral palsy. She also represents families at inquests.

Kerstin clearly has a great understanding of the complexities of clinical negligence claims. She is very knowledgeable and reliable, and her communication is always sensitive and reassuring.

Kerstin has a clear focus on achieving the best results for her clients. She is able to distil complex legal argument into words that clients can relate to and understand.

She has excellent judgement and is very pragmatic. She will spot the potential difficulties in her cases and take them into account.

Kerstin leads a fine team and shows obvious compassion and empathy with the patients.

The best claimant litigator in the South West. She fiercely fights for her clients and has a practical, hands-on style.

Paul Rumley
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Paul Rumley
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Paul Rumley is recognised for his considerable experience in claims relating to brain damage arising from birth injuries, delay in diagnosis and Erb's palsy.

Paul is formidably intelligent, tactically brilliant and utterly determined to get the best possible result for his client.

Paul has a very warm and friendly approach to clients and others which puts people at ease and is a great asset when dealing with very sensitive and emotive subject matter.

A great leader and a superb solicitor.

Simon Elliman
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Simon Elliman
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Simon Elliman is a highly regarded clinical negligence solicitor who heads the team at RWK Goodman. He has considerable expertise in cases concerning brain injuries at birth and surgical negligence.

He's vastly experienced and thoroughly pragmatic.

Simon is a superstar of clinical negligence.

Simon absolutely knows his stuff. He is an excellent litigator.

Ali Batchelor
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Ali Batchelor
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Ali Batchelor has notable experience handling misdiagnosis cases and also regularly acts for clients in complex inquests.

She is thorough, conscientious and runs difficult cases extremely well.

Ali has an excellent set of qualities that combine a really bright analytical mind with a down-to-earth, client-friendly attitude.

Abigail Ringer
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Abigail Ringer is noted for her handling of high-value birth injury and cerebral palsy claims.

An excellent solicitor and future star of the medical negligence field.

She is brilliant at presenting a complex matter and has a tremendous eye for detail.

Abigail is deeply committed to her clients and advocates fiercely for them.

Abby understands both the complexities of clinical negligence claims and the need for empathy and emotional awareness when dealing with her clients.

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Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant

Kerstin Scheel
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Kerstin Scheel
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Paul Rumley
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Paul Rumley
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Simon Elliman
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Simon Elliman
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Ali Batchelor
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Ali Batchelor
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Abigail Ringer
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