LAWYER PROFILE

Paul Balen

UK 2026

Freeths LLP

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant

Midlands

19 years ranked

Product Liability: Mainly Claimant

UK-wide

21 years ranked

About

Provided by Freeths LLP

Practice Areas

Clinical negligence and product liability claims; inquest representation; professional negligence; group actions and dispute resolution in private and commercial claims.

Career

Joined Freeths 1975. Qualified 1977. Partner 1980. Consultant 2011.

Professional Memberships

APIL Clinical Negligence Specialist; AVMA Honorary Panel Solicitor; Senior Fellow APIL. Past President Notts Law Society and Notts Medicolegal Society. Civil Mediation Council; ADR Group accredited mediator; Director of Trust Mediation Ltd and Trust ADR Ltd (Trust Arbitration) and Member of the Barristers Group and Sport Resolutions mediation panels and of Oxford Mediation.

Publications

General Editor Clinical Negligence (Lexis Nexis 3rd ed 2018); co-author 'Multi-Party Actions' (LAG 1995). 'Know How for Personal Injury Lawyers' (Longmans) (1997) (chapter on conditional fees). Clinical Risk Modification (1999) chapter 'The Plaintiffs Solicitors' View'; 'APIL Guide to Fatal Accidents'(2nd ed 2009) - chapter on Inquests; and numerous case reports and articles.

Personal

Born 25 February 1952. Educated Nottingham High School and Cambridge University.

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Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant - Midlands

Senior Statespeople

Individual Editorial

Consultant Paul Balen has extensive experience in the clinical negligence arena, with mandates ranging from post-operative care to birth-related cases. He often handles alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

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Product Liability: Mainly Claimant - UK-wide

Senior Statespeople

Individual Editorial

Paul Balen is a consultant at Freeths who continues to provide expert counsel to claimants on a broad spectrum of product liability matters. He brings his vast experience to matters related to medical and pharmaceutical products, with particular strength in contamination claims.

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