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About
Provided by Dorothy Flower
Practice Areas
One of the leading medical malpractice lawyers in the UK, Partner Dorothy Flower heads up RPC's Medical/Life Sciences team. Dorothy's practice is far reaching. She regularly defends private sector organisations and individuals in clinical negligence cases, acts for manufacturers and suppliers of medical devices and pharmaceuticals involved in product liability claims, and defends CROs involved in injury claims in connection with clinical trials. She also represents properly interested persons at inquests, often in connection with potential litigation. The regulatory side to her practice sees Dorothy assisting individuals investigated by the General Medical Council, Health and Care Professions Council and other regulatory bodies. She also advises organisations on Care Quality Commission regulation. For insurers, she regular advises on policy coverage and helps to draft policy wordings.
Career
Trained Reynolds Porter Chamberlain; qualified 1992; partner 1999.
Work Highlights
Acting for Spire Healthcare in the inquests into the deaths of up to 100 patients of Ian Paterson for breast surgery, coupled with management of the Paterson Patients Compensation Fund.
Acted for Corin Limited in metal-on-metal hip group litigation in the UK, and managing the defence of claims against Corin in Europe, Australia, Japan, and Canada.
Acting for a London cosmetic surgery clinic in claims arising from the negligent performance of cosmetic procedures and the inappropriate conduct of a surgeon.
Chambers Review
UK
Dorothy Flower of RPC has expertise defending claims against treatments including opioids, metal hips, PIP breast implants and ocular lenses. She has also defended claims concerning clinical trials.
Dorothy Flower has notable experience acting on group action claims relating to negligent treatment. She further advises on delayed diagnosis, psychiatric injury and fatal claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dorothy is excellent. She is patient, responsive and clear in her advice."
"She is very good at what she does."
"She is an incredibly shrewd tactician and manages to combine being a really tough lawyer with being very charming."
"Dorothy has excellent knowledge and a willingness to make the complicated easy."
"Dorothy is extremely personable and cultivates a very collaborative environment. She keeps a close eye on matters and has a high-level strategic approach."
"She is a very sensible and hard-working practitioner."
"Dorothy is excellent. She is patient, responsive and clear in her advice."
"She is very good at what she does."
"She is an incredibly shrewd tactician and manages to combine being a really tough lawyer with being very charming."
"Dorothy has excellent knowledge and a willingness to make the complicated easy."
"Dorothy is extremely personable and cultivates a very collaborative environment. She keeps a close eye on matters and has a high-level strategic approach."
"She is a very sensible and hard-working practitioner."
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