Clinical negligence

Hill Dickinson is a member of the NHS Litigation Authority’s clinical negligence solicitors panel.  We have a specialist Litigation Authority team in both our Liverpool and Manchester offices.

The team operates at the cutting edge of clinical negligence defence work, representing a large number of NHS trusts in the North West and the Midlands. Team members have the specialist skills to understand the ‘bigger picture’ when acting in these cases. They can provide a professional, sensitive and cost-effective legal service.

We have particular expertise in dealing with high-value, brain-damaged baby cases, which often involve periodical payment settlement orders.

Areas of expertise include:

  • High-value brain damage cases
  • Spinal and orthopaedic cases
  • Claims involving allegations about MRSA
  • Unlawful detention

 

Key contacts


Richard Watson
Business Group Leader: Health
Richard Watson
Telephone
+44 (0)151 600 8000
Email
richard.watson@hilldickinson.com
Mike McKenna
Partner
Mike McKenna
Telephone
+44 (0)151 600 8317
Email
mike.mckenna@hilldickinson.com
Andrew Craggs
Partner
Andrew Craggs
Telephone
+44 (0)161 838 4981
Email
andrew.craggs@hilldickinson.com

       
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L5002012Hill Dickinson LLP focuses on work for private medical insurers and medical defence organisations, notably the MDU; recent cases include Wright v Cambridge Medical Group, and a £8m misdiagnosis case. Andrew Peel is recommended. Hill Dickinson LLP’s team is ‘excellent in every way’, and is led by Richard Watson. Its recent high-profile work includes defending the Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust in a high-value group action. Andrew Leslie is ‘professional, with impeccable judgement’; and Manchester office head Andrew Craggs has ‘excellent technical expertise’.

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