Lauren Phillips

Practice Areas

Lauren heads up the Clinical Negligence Department at Taylor Rose MW.

She specialises in claims of maximum severity including birth and spinal injury claims. She also has a particular interest in cases concerning obstetrics and gynaecology, general surgery, cardiology, fatal claims and cases involving complex medicine. Lauren also has a particular interest in quantifying claims, striving to ensure that all aspects of her injured client's future needs are met.

Noteable cases include:

- £650,000 for the negligent management of a post-operative infection following hip replacement surgery.

- £6.9 million as a result of a negligent delay in diagnosing meningitis.

- £8.7 million as a result of a negligent paediatric resuscitation following cardiac surgery.

- £300,000 for a fatal case where there was a failure to recognise and treat pre-eclampsia during pregnancy.

- £175,000 for a fatal case where there was a failure to treat pre-eclampsia during pregnancy.

- £6.1 million for negligent delay in diagnosing and removing a spinal haematoma following a C6/7 foraminotomy.

- £15.4 million for a child who suffered brain damage at birth

- £16.5 million for delay in diagnosing kernicterus in the neonatal period

Career

Qualified in 2004

Partner in McMillan Williams 2014

Head of Department in 2017

Partner & Head of Department at Taylor Rose MW following merger in 2020

Professional Memberships

AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel