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About
Provided by Paul Balen
Practice Areas
Clinical negligence and product liability claims; inquest representation; professional negligence; group actions and dispute resolution in private and commercial claims.
Career
Joined Freeths 1975. Qualified 1977. Partner 1980. Consultant 2011.
Professional Memberships
APIL Clinical Negligence Specialist; AVMA Honorary Panel Solicitor; Senior Fellow APIL. Past President Notts Law Society and Notts Medicolegal Society. Civil Mediation Council; ADR Group accredited mediator; Director of Trust Mediation Ltd and Trust ADR Ltd (Trust Arbitration) and Member of the Barristers Group and Sport Resolutions mediation panels and of Oxford Mediation.
Publications
General Editor Clinical Negligence (Lexis Nexis 3rd ed 2018); co-author 'Multi-Party Actions' (LAG 1995). 'Know How for Personal Injury Lawyers' (Longmans) (1997) (chapter on conditional fees). Clinical Risk Modification (1999) chapter 'The Plaintiffs Solicitors' View'; 'APIL Guide to Fatal Accidents'(2nd ed 2009) - chapter on Inquests; and numerous case reports and articles.
Personal
Born 25 February 1952. Educated Nottingham High School and Cambridge University.
Chambers Review
UK
Consultant Paul Balen has extensive experience in the clinical negligence arena, with mandates ranging from post-operative care to birth-related cases. He often handles alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Paul Balen is a consultant at Freeths LLP, who continues to provide expert counsel to claimants on a broad spectrum of product liability matters. He brings his vast experience to matters related to medical and pharmaceutical products, with particular strength in contamination claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul is very good to work with. He is thoughtful and collaborative."
"Paul Balen is very experienced and strong in this area. He is also very well-liked."
"Paul is a well-known and prominent solicitor."
"Paul is very good to work with. He is thoughtful and collaborative."
"Paul Balen is very experienced and strong in this area. He is also very well-liked."
"Paul is a well-known and prominent solicitor."