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Gill has been with the firm since 2009 and her caseload includes obstetric birth injury cases with multi-million pound reserves, extensive experience of representing multiple defendants and a particular specialty in self inflicted deaths in custody. She has successfully defended a number of cases to trial.
Gill also runs regular training sessions for health clients regarding the duty of candour, secondary victim claims, the importance of good medical record keeping, statement writing, preparing for trial and other key topics for the health industry. In addition, she was involved in launching a webinar programme to reach clients further afield as well as producing regular bulletins to keep clients up-to-date on new developments in the law.
Gill completed a degree in English and philosophy at the University of Liverpool and graduated with first class honours. She subsequently completed a graduate diploma in law, followed by her LPC at the College of Law, Chester, again graduating with first class honours.
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Experience
- Acting for a hospital trust, defending a claim in which it was alleged that negligent cardiac treatment in A&E led to death. Case failed on causation
- Representing a mental health trust, defending a case concerning community psychiatric care, following the suicide of a young mother with paranoid schizophrenia
- Successfully defending a claim at trial, brought by a patient’s husband as a secondary victim, after he saw his wife in a critical condition following gynaecological surgery
- Defending a case involving a complex surgical procedure (carotid endarterectomy), alleged to have caused an accessory nerve injury based effectively on res ispa
- Representing a specialist orthopaedic hospital in a case involving the appropriateness of the non application of compression stockings following a total knee replacement, involving arguments on consent
- The death of a patient in an A&E department, with a focus on causation
- The treatment of lower limb ischaemia, leading to above the knee amputation
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Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
Gill Stoll's Expertise
Health and social care
