Martin Hood
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
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About
Provided by Martin Hood
Practice Areas
Martin is a solicitor in the clinical negligence department at Lanyon Bowdler. He has substantial experience of a range of cases including brain, spine or birth injury, as well as fatal cases.
Career
Martin qualified in 2008 and was previously deputy head of clinical negligence at a north west firm. He has acted on numerous £multi-million cases involving either lump sum-only settlements or periodical payment orders. He has taken several cases to trial in the High Court with success, including the maternity consent case of SXX v Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 4072.
Martin joined Lanyon Bowdler in 2023. He was also appointed as a fee paid First Tier Tribunal Judge in 2023, sitting in the Special Educational Needs jurisdiction of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.
Professional Memberships
Martin has been a Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel member since 2014. He was Chief Assessor of the Panel from 2015-2018 and led a major review of the scheme in 2016.
Publications
Various press articles.
Personal
In his spare time Martin enjoys golf, suffers Manchester Utd, reads books on history and politics, and dabbles in furniture restoration and other DIY.
Chambers Review
UK
Martin Hood is recognised for his work for claimants in high-value and complex medical negligence claims. He often handles brain injuries and spinal injuries, as well as delayed diagnosis of cancer cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Martin Hood doesn't leave any stone unturned. He is really calm, thoughtful and delightful to work with."
"Martin Hood doesn't leave any stone unturned. He is really calm, thoughtful and delightful to work with."