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Provided by Claire Petts
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Claire is the Global Head of Healthcare at Clyde & Co. She advises on a range of claims against medical professionals and healthcare providers, with particular expertise in brain injury claims, obstetric claims and those of maximum severity or complexity. Claire is an experienced Inquest Advocate with specialism in complex article 2 inquests (with or without a jury) including high profile maternity deaths. She also advises on a range of healthcare matters including court of protection, CQC prosecutions and clinical governance. Claire is an experienced speaker on healthcare matters.
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Claire Petts is head of healthcare at Clyde & Co and has considerable expertise in complex breach of duty and causation issues related to spinal injury claims, such as cauda equina. She also acts on cases alleging GP and obstetric negligence concerning delays and treatments.
Claire Petts has considerable expertise in advising public and private sector clients on an array of sensitive inquests and disputes, particularly those involving clinical negligence allegations. She also assists with Care Quality Commission, ICO and police investigations.
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"She is always responsive and gives clear, practical and commercially-minded advice that just makes sense. You can rely on her to tenaciously fight your corner."
"Claire is a prolific, really good litigator."
"Claire is always very responsive and gives clear, practical and commercially-minded advice. She is somebody that you can rely on to fight your corner."
"Claire is a phenomenally hard worker. She understands the cases inside out, stays on top of things thoroughly and is good at explaining things to lay clients."
"She understands the wider implications of a case, is vastly experienced and a tough negotiator - she doesn't take any prisoners."
"I think Claire is the top clinical negligence lawyer in the country - she is incredibly punchy and runs a good team."
"Claire is clearly very knowledgeable about all areas of litigation, medical malpractice and the healthcare sector."
"She is always responsive and gives clear, practical and commercially-minded advice that just makes sense. You can rely on her to tenaciously fight your corner."
"Claire is a prolific, really good litigator."
"Claire is always very responsive and gives clear, practical and commercially-minded advice. She is somebody that you can rely on to fight your corner."
"Claire is a phenomenally hard worker. She understands the cases inside out, stays on top of things thoroughly and is good at explaining things to lay clients."
"She understands the wider implications of a case, is vastly experienced and a tough negotiator - she doesn't take any prisoners."
"I think Claire is the top clinical negligence lawyer in the country - she is incredibly punchy and runs a good team."
"Claire is clearly very knowledgeable about all areas of litigation, medical malpractice and the healthcare sector."
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