James Bell
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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James Bell is Head of the Personal Injury and Medical Negligence department at Kingsley Napley. James is an expert in all aspects of clinical negligence claims including brain and spinal cases, birth injuries, anaesthetic injury claims, orthopaedic surgery errors, misdiagnosis/delays in cancer cases, GP negligence, amputation cases and hip and knee replacement surgery. James has a wealth of experience in personal injury claims of all types for over 20 years. He has acted for injured and bereaved in group actions including the Ladbroke Grove and Potters Bar train crashes, the Ian Paterson group action and undertook/ supervised a large number of litigation cases arising from the De Puy ASR hips recall. He takes pride in delivering a caring and responsive service to clients.
Career
James qualified in 1997 and has a long and successful track record both in terms of casework and managerial experience. He has led large teams on significant and successful group actions. He has been with Kingsley Napley since February 2023.
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James Bell is head of medical negligence and personal injury at Kingsley Napley. He handles a range of claims, including those relating to cerebral palsy following obstetric negligence, failings in psychiatric care and cases arising from delayed diagnosis, GP negligence and surgical error.
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"James is a very experienced litigator."
"James Bell is a brilliant lawyer."
"James is a very experienced litigator."
"James Bell is a brilliant lawyer."
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