Christopher Gawne

Practice Areas

Chris Gawne is a Director at Price Slater Gawne and Head of Clinical Negligence.

Chris’ wide-ranging experience encompasses delayed diagnosis and delays in surgery, as well as surgical negligence claims, cerebral palsy, still births and neonatal deaths, and failures in care of the elderly. He is also well versed in mental health negligence cases; he holds a key role in the team and is much sought after for his expertise in complex and challenging cases.

Chris has worked on some of the UK’s most high-profile Clinical Negligence cases throughout his career, including:

the Redfern Inquiry into Human Tissue Analysis at UK Nuclear Facilities

T v R: one of the largest reported dental negligence settlements

A v NHS Trust: obtained compensation under the Human Rights Act for parents of 18-year-old who died following surgery

an NHS Trust v MB: representing the parents of a severely disabled child in relation to a hospital’s application to withdraw life sustaining treatment

the Everall Inquiry: acting for the families in a public inquiry into the deaths of two young people in local authority care

Kingsway Hospital Inquests: inquests into the deaths of 11 dementia patients on a geriatric ward at a hospital in Derby

the Shipman Inquiry

He has also acted for the families of patients from whom doctors wish to withdraw or withhold medical treatment and has advised on many high profile independent and public inquiries arising from health issues or involving serious injury or death, acting either for interested parties or for the inquiry itself.

He has held the honour of being named “Lawyer of the Week” by The Times and “Lawyer in the News” in the Law Society Gazette. He is, without question, one of the most respected Clinical Negligence specialist lawyers in the UK.