Jock Mackenzie
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Band 1 : Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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A partner on the medical claims team, Jock is a dual qualified doctor and solicitor.
Qualifying as a doctor at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1990 and practising as a full-time hospital physician for nearly five years, Jock then qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and continued to work as a doctor part-time until 2004.
He has a broad clinical negligence practice and, due to his medical background, has a particular interest and expertise in cases involving complex medicine; rare medical conditions; general internal medicine and intensive care, including sepsis.
Much of his work focuses on brain injury cases (adults, especially following cardiac arrest, and children, including cerebral palsy and Group B Streptococcus meningitis), neurological, neurosurgical and spinal injuries.
Jock's significant settled cases include the High Court case of Kennedy v Frankel, as well as the following:
-£1.5 million plus c.£315,000 p.a. periodical payment for a severe brain injury resulting from an air embolus following a central line removal.
-£1.5 million for cauda equina syndrome and other neurological damage due to spinal infarction from a cardiac arrest resulting from a delay in diagnosis of a pulmonary embolus.
-£1 million for a brain injury due to a missed radiological diagnosis of a brain abnormality.
-£950,000 for a fatal case due to the delay in diagnosis of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis/macrophage activation syndrome.
-Over £770,000 for a significant spinal injury from use of experimental spinal implants.
Jock also has significant experience of cases involving treatment in the private healthcare sector.
Career
Qualified as a doctor 1990
Qualified as a solicitor 1998
Partner Leigh Day 2003
Partner Anthony Gold 2013
Solicitor-Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience (Civil) in 2013
Professional Memberships
General Medical Council
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) senior litigator
Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) panel
Law Society Clinical Negligence panel (re-accreditation pending)
Publications
Editorial Board of Kemp & Kemp: Personal Injury Law, Practice and Procedure.
Clinical negligence updates for Bond Solon, and regular conference speaker
Chambers Review
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Jock Mackenzie handles complex brain injury and spinal injury claims following negligent care and missed diagnoses, with strength in cases involving cauda equina and psychosis. A partner on the medical claims team at Anthony Gold, he is also a qualified medical doctor.
Strengths
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"Jock stood by me from day one and has explained every part of the process with his expert knowledge of both medicine and law."
"Jock is one of the most intelligent solicitors in the field."
"Jock is meticulous and does a lot of the hard work in terms of thinking and strategy."
"Jock was a doctor previously and he uses that knowledge to good effect. He is extremely diligent and thorough."
"Jock is extremely clever and he has excellent judgement - you know you can go to Jock and he will make a very clear, objective assessment."
"Jock stood by me from day one and has explained every part of the process with his expert knowledge of both medicine and law."
"Jock is one of the most intelligent solicitors in the field."
"Jock is meticulous and does a lot of the hard work in terms of thinking and strategy."
"Jock was a doctor previously and he uses that knowledge to good effect. He is extremely diligent and thorough."
"Jock is extremely clever and he has excellent judgement - you know you can go to Jock and he will make a very clear, objective assessment."
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