Band 4
Provided by Richard Kayser
I am Medical Negligence Partner in London and the National Head of Pro Bono. I represent people and their families who have suffered injury, particularly major spinal cord injury and brain damage, due to medical accident or substandard treatment.
I specialise in:
- Children who’ve suffered injuries at birth – with particular expertise in cerebral palsy caused by HIE, hyperglycaemia and hyperbilirubinemia (kernicterus)
-Adult and child brain injuries (including Meningitis and encephalitis)
-Spinal cases – particularly spinal tumours and cauda equina syndrome
-Delayed cancer diagnoses
-Fatal cases – with particular expertise in maternal death cases.
I joined Irwin Mitchell in 2014, having qualified as a Solicitor in 2010. I initially trained to be a Barrister and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in September 2008.
Memberships held: Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) and on the Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel; APIL member and accredited Clinical Negligence Specialist.
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He's very sensible, collaborative and fights hard for clients but is pleasant to work with.
Richard uses his advocacy skills to his clients' advantage to help present the strongest arguments in their favour.
He is simply a brilliant claimant clinical negligence solicitor.
Richard is very bright. He looks at things at different angles, and tests different strengths and weaknesses of a case.
Richard provided a first class service: he was very supportive, always happy to explain and never made me feel like it was just another case. He was always on hand to answer any questions.
He's very sensible, collaborative and fights hard for clients but is pleasant to work with.
Richard uses his advocacy skills to his clients' advantage to help present the strongest arguments in their favour.
He is simply a brilliant claimant clinical negligence solicitor.
Richard is very bright. He looks at things at different angles, and tests different strengths and weaknesses of a case.
Richard provided a first class service: he was very supportive, always happy to explain and never made me feel like it was just another case. He was always on hand to answer any questions.