Areas of expertise for the team include birth injury and catastrophic brain and spinal injury cases, as well as high-value quantum disputes.
Chambers & Partner 2021
Please contact Paul Barton on +44 (0)207 427 4907 for more information. Our experienced practice management team will be pleased to provide you with more details of our expertise in this area.
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Our team has expertise in the complete range of brain injuries arising from clinical negligence including:
We are able to draw on expertise in other complex issues surrounding brain injury claims such as Court of Protection applications including deputyship and trust as well as health and welfare matters, and issues under the Mental Health Act 1983. We have members who sit as part-time judges in the Court of Protection, and also the Mental Health Tribunal.
Our team tries to maintain a balance of claimant and defendant work which ensures well-rounded barristers. Our clients include the leading solicitors acting for claimants, such as Field Fisher, Stewarts, Irwin Mitchell, and Leigh Day; and for defendants such as Kennedys, Bevan Brittan, Weightmans, Hempsons, and Beachcroft DAC.
OTC supports Headway East London and the Child Brain Injury Trust.
Rachel Vickers KC was awarded Clinical Negligence Junior of the Year 2021 by Chambers & Partners.
Nathan Tavares KC from our team is a contributing author of Sweet & Maxwell’s leading textbook, “Brain Injury Claims”, now in its second edition.
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