Oliver Thorne

Practice Areas

Oliver Thorne heads up Slee Blackwell's clinical negligence team.

In June 2023 he had the honour of being appointed to the AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel. AvMA (Action Against Medical Accidents) is an independent patient safety charity that was set up in 1982 to provide advice and support to patients and their families who have been affected by a medical accident.

Oliver has achieved many high-value settlements and has attracted extensive media coverage. He is known as a campaigning lawyer who fights in particular for the rights of mothers and babies who have been let down by our maternity services.

He also specialises in representing the families of medical negligence victims at inquests.

Professional Memberships

AvMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel member.

Work Highlights

Oliver’s work highlights include:

1. £2m settlement for a patient who suffered a brain injury following cancer surgery,

2. Six-figure settlement for a woman who underwent negligent vaginal mesh surgery.

3. £6.5m settlement for a girl who suffered a brain injury at birth,

4. £4m settlement for a young boy with cerebral palsy.

5. Multi-million pound settlement for an aspiring Olympic athlete who required a below knee amputation resulting from a failure to diagnose septic arthritis.

6. PIP breast implant group action.