Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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From acquired brain injuries and dental negligence, to birth injuries and spinal injuries, our team of expert medical negligence solicitors have exhaustive experience of claims and compensation. Whatever you need to claim for, we know how best to go about it. As medical negligence solicitors, we've been helping clients make successful claims for decades, and pride ourselves on getting to grips with the complex needs of every case to deliver a speedy resolution.
Our team is led by Simon Elliman, who has strong experience and experience in cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy claims, and also specialises in spinal injury. Partner Paul Rumley specialises in birth injury, fatal, cardiology and cancer cases, and has a particular interest in developing areas of medical claims, such as involving genetic conditions. Partner Kerstin Scheel's main area of interest lies in birth injury, cerebral palsy, Group B strep claims, wrongful birth, and Erb's palsy claims. Partner Ali Cloak has won impressive results for her clients (including novel dependency issues and overcoming liability issues in medically complex cases). She specialises in birth injury, psychiatric claims, high value orthopaedic, amputation, and surgery related claims. Hannah Blackwell is a Senior Associate who has secured multi-million pound settlements for clients who suffered brain injury at birth. Senior Associate Naomi Todd heads up the Dental Negligence team.
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RWK Goodman is a premier Somerset firm with a large team that offers expertise in a broad range of high-value clinical negligence matters including birth injury, failures in diagnosis and surgical negligence. Its team is also recognised for its strong capabilities in Erb's palsy cases. The firm is often called upon to represent clients at inquests. It also provides Court of Protection and trust advice to provide a holistic service for clients.
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"If I was to recommend a firm to someone I knew for a negligence case, I would send them to RWK Goodman."
"I have always found the RWK Goodman team to be highly professional, efficient and responsive."
"RKW Goodman is an excellent, well-organised firm with strong senior partners and junior solicitors."
"If I was to recommend a firm to someone I knew for a negligence case, I would send them to RWK Goodman."
"I have always found the RWK Goodman team to be highly professional, efficient and responsive."
"RKW Goodman is an excellent, well-organised firm with strong senior partners and junior solicitors."
Notable Practitioners
Kerstin Scheel possesses considerable expertise in complex brain injuries, including cerebral palsy.
"Kerstin is an absolutely excellent thinker with an impressive grasp of both the clinical issues and also the legal context."
"Kerstin is at the top of the game in cerebral palsy work in the UK."
Paul Rumley is recognised for his considerable experience in claims relating to brain damage arising from birth injuries, delay in diagnosis and Erb's palsy.
"Paul is extremely experienced and frighteningly intelligent. He is also meticulous and relentless in his pursuit of the best possible outcome for his clients."
"Paul is absolutely on top of the technicalities of his subject, and he is someone with an extremely canny brain in seeing results."
"Paul provides clear instructions with a very thorough and analytical approach."
Bath-based Simon Elliman is a highly regarded clinical negligence solicitor who heads the RWK Goodman practice. He has considerable expertise in cases concerning brain injury at birth and surgical negligence.
"Simon is an excellent leader."
"Simon is vastly experienced yet he still brings a fresh, sharp focus to every case."
"Simon is a very thorough and experienced negligence lawyer."
Ali Batchelor is a partner in the clinical negligence team at RWK Goodman. She has notable experience handling misdiagnosis cases and also regularly acts for clients in complex inquests.
"She is intelligent and empathetic, yet robust and tactically shrewd when needed."
"She has got a good way of cutting through a detailed claim to see what is important, as well as the strengths and weaknesses."
Abigail Ringer is a skilled senior associate, noted for her handling of high-value birth injury and cerebral palsy claims.
"Abigail is an outstanding junior solicitor. She is always very good with clients."
"She has an amazing eye for detail and grasp of the medical literature."
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