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Eurydice is a Senior Associate in the Clinical Negligence Team. She represents individuals who have sustained life changing injuries.

Eurydice joined the department in 2015. She now acts for a variety of claimants, both adults and children, and deals with claims involving delays in diagnosis, surgical errors and patient mismanagement. She has expertise in assisting claimants who have sustained spinal or orthopaedic injuries. She has also advised on numerous ophthalmic claims.

Eurydice acts for families in fatal claims where the death has occurred through medical negligence. She regularly secures high value settlements.

Eurydice has an eye for detail and ensures cases are thoroughly investigated to achieve the best outcome for her clients. She advises clients in emotionally difficult situations arising from life-changing events. She understands how daunting litigation can be and works hard to reassure and support her clients. She is professional, approachable and tenacious.

Eurydice previously volunteered for the charity Actions Against Medical Accident, which campaigns for patient safety and justice.

Eurydice lived in France and America. She is bilingual in French and English, and speaks conversational Spanish.

Work Highlights

- Out of Court settlement for a failure to properly diagnose cardiac problems. The Deceased was negligently discharged from hospital and suffered a cardiac arrest an hour later. Claim for failures in cardiac care settled for £120,000 | Case Studies | Kingsley Napley | Independent Law Firm of the Year

- Out of Court settlement for a delayed breast cancer diagnosis. The Claimant underwent auxiliary node clearance, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and subsequently sustained right arm lymphedema.

- Out of Court settlement for a Claimant who sustained a spinal cord injury during the administration of a spinal anaesthetic injection prior to a surgical procedure

- Out of Court settlement for a 71 year old who sustained spinal cord injury following the failure to diagnose and treat an unstable spinal fracture following a fall.

- Out of Court settlement for a 66 year old man who underwent an above the knee amputation following the failure to treat an infection acquired during knee replacement surgery.

- Out of Court settlement for a man who a left hip fracture of the femoral neck following a road traffic accident. He was deemed to be at risk of developing avascular necrosis in the future.

- Out of Court settlement for a woman in her thirties who sustained a bowel perforation after undergoing surgery.