Ranking tables
Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant | UK
London (Firms)
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 2
Band 3
Senior Statespeople
Eminent Practitioners
Band 1
Band 2
Anita Jewitt Stewarts12 Years Ranked
Auriana Griffiths Irwin Mitchell15 Years Ranked
Caroline Klage Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP13 Years Ranked
Ian M D Christian Fieldfisher14 Years Ranked
Iona Meeres-Young Fieldfisher8 Years Ranked- Jenny Kennedy Anthony Gold21 Years Ranked
Jon Crocker Bindmans LLP17 Years Ranked
Nicola Wainwright JMW Solicitors15 Years Ranked
Richard Lodge Kingsley Napley LLP7 Years Ranked- Ruth Powell Hugh James9 Years Ranked
Band 3
Agata Usewicz Hodge Jones & Allen7 Years Ranked
Anne Kavanagh Irwin Mitchell3 Years Ranked
Ben Lees RWK Goodman2 Years Ranked
Bernadette McGhie Russell-Cooke1 Years Ranked
David Thomas Switalskis Solicitors6 Years Ranked
Emma Doughty Slater and Gordon Lawyers5 Years Ranked
Hugh Johnson Stewarts13 Years Ranked
James Bell Kingsley Napley LLP15 Years Ranked
Janice Gardner Russell-Cooke16 Years Ranked
John Kyriacou Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP15 Years Ranked
Jonathan Zimmern Fieldfisher10 Years Ranked- Lynda Reynolds Hugh James5 Years Ranked
Madeline Seibert Slater and Gordon Lawyers14 Years Ranked
Mark Bowman Fieldfisher14 Years Ranked
Neil Clayton Shakespeare Martineau11 Years Ranked
Nick Knowles Stewarts16 Years Ranked
Nina Ali Hodge Jones & Allen6 Years Ranked
Olive Lewin Leigh Day23 Years Ranked
Robert Dransfield Stewarts15 Years Ranked
Siobhan Kelly Bindmans LLP15 Years Ranked
Band 4
Ali Malsher Anthony Gold9 Years Ranked
Amy Heath Stewarts1 Years Ranked
Andrew Bentham Taylor Rose1 Years Ranked
Arti Shah Fieldfisher4 Years Ranked
Caron Heyes Fieldfisher15 Years Ranked
Dominic Fairclough Russell-Cooke9 Years Ranked
Emma Wray Hodge Jones & Allen1 Years Ranked
Jane Weakley Fieldfisher12 Years Ranked- Lauren Phillips Taylor Rose1 Years Ranked
Richard Kayser Irwin Mitchell1 Years Ranked
Sally Jean Nicholes Bindmans LLP17 Years Ranked
Band 5
Up and Coming
Star Associates
Associates to watch
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 FieldfisherClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedFieldfisher houses a top-notch clinical negligence team with a wealth of experience in complex, high-profile cases. The team handles brain injury and cancer-related matters and is frequently instructed on high-value claims concerning injuries of the utmost severity. It is also highly regarded for its extensive expertise in obstetric and birth injury claims.
1 Irwin MitchellClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 1 | 25 Years RankedIrwin Mitchell is esteemed for its capabilities in resolving complex, high-value matters on behalf of claimants. The team is noted for its specialist expertise in cases involving infant brain damage and adult neurological injuries, with further strength in significant delay of diagnosis and wrongful birth cases. Irwin Mitchell also possesses expertise in relation to spinal cord injury matters and fatal accident claims.
1 Leigh DayClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedLeigh Day has a superb specialist clinical negligence team with an outstanding reputation. The firm offers market-leading expertise in a variety of serious claims, including spinal and brain injury cases, and is also noted for its campaigning on access to justice and patient safety issues. It represents claimants affected by delays in diagnosis or treatment as well as mishandled surgical procedures, and also offers an accomplished practice in relation to psychiatric injuries.
Band 2
2 Anthony GoldClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 2 | 21 Years RankedAnthony Gold's clinical negligence team is well-regarded for its depth of medical knowledge, with a number of medically-qualified legal practitioners within its ranks. The group advises on an array of matters of the utmost severity, including brain and spinal injuries, complex amputation claims and cases involving neurological issues. It has a noted ability to handle private healthcare cases concerning the treatment of foreign nationals.
2 Bolt Burdon Kemp LLPClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years RankedBolt Burdon Kemp houses a skilled team of solicitors advising clients on a wide range of clinical negligence matters. The team offers expertise in claims involving serious brain injuries, amputations and spinal injuries, supporting clients who have suffered injury due to surgical and obstetric negligence as well as through delays in diagnosis or treatment. It also possesses a strong practice advising on instances of clinical negligence which have led to the loss of military careers.2 Kingsley Napley LLPClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 2 | 22 Years RankedKingsley Napley has a respected team of legal professionals that regularly handles significant high-profile cases. The firm offers a depth of expertise covering numerous types of matters, including brain and spinal cord injury claims, birth injury and neonatal matters, and psychiatric injuries. It features a strong bench of highly experienced solicitors who are often called upon to represent clients at inquests following the death of family members.
2 Russell-CookeClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 2 | 20 Years RankedRussell Cooke has an accomplished team assisting clients with complex and sensitive cases ranging in value and severity. The team is experienced in handling a range of complex medical cases involving serious and fatal injuries, as well as representing relevant parties at inquests. The firm regularly acts for claimants left with severe injury after negligent obstetric or surgical treatment, and is particularly skilled at handling cases concerning injuries to the brain and the loss of limbs.2 StewartsClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 2 | 21 Years RankedStewarts has a well-regarded group that handles a series of high-value clinical negligence cases. The team offers notable expertise in brain and spinal injury cases, as well as claims for neurological and psychological injuries. It regularly represents claimants left with significant paralysis following negligent treatment or delayed diagnoses.
Band 3
3 Bindmans LLPClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 3 | 22 Years RankedBindmans has a clinical negligence team with wide-ranging experience in matters of the utmost severity, including spinal cord and brain injuries. The team offers niche expertise in representing clients who have suffered serious injuries while in detention, deploying human rights arguments in support of claims. The firm's other areas of expertise include claims for gynaecological and psychiatric injuries.
3 Hodge Jones & AllenClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 3 | 18 Years RankedHodge Jones & Allen has a dedicated team undertaking claims of high value and complexity. The team offers notable expertise acting for clients in cases concerning psychiatric injuries and is also experienced in handling claims involving cerebral palsy as well as serious birth and obstetric injuries. Its lawyers, many of whom have notable medical backgrounds, who regularly advise on delay in diagnosis cases and claims relating to the negligent management of injuries.
3 Hugh JamesClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedHugh James has a well-regarded clinical negligence team with a broad practice, offering notable strength in negligent surgery cases. The team has further experience handling cerebral palsy cases arising from birth injury and delayed diagnosis, and also offers representation in group action claims and inquests.
3 Osbornes LawClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years RankedOsbornes Law is an established firm which handles a breadth of complex and high-value clinical negligence matters. It has particular expertise in cases stemming from delays in diagnosis as well as surgical injury and wrongful birth claims. In addition, Osbornes Law offers experience in obstetric and fatal claims as well as niche cauda equina cases.
Band 4
4 JMW SolicitorsClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedThe clinical negligence team at JMW Solicitors handles a range of high-value and complex matters. The firm can advise on a broad array of claims concerning severe brain, spinal and psychiatric injuries, among others, arising from issues such as negligent obstetric care, delays in diagnosis and surgical error.
4 Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedPenningtons Manches Cooper has a strong clinical negligence practice that undertakes a wide spread of high-value claims work, including cerebral palsy, spinal injury and orthopaedic matters. The firm regularly handles cases where there are complex quantum issues, such as pension loss, as well as those concerning psychiatric injuries following hospital treatment.
4 Slater and Gordon LawyersClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 4 | 10 Years RankedSlater and Gordon has an established clinical negligence practice, with an adept team of lawyers. The team advises on birth injury cases, including cerebral palsy claims, as well as amputations and other injuries linked to surgical negligence. It also has expertise in cases concerning delayed diagnosis and psychiatric injuries.
4 Taylor RoseClinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant2025 | Band 4 | 6 Years RankedTaylor Rose handles an array of complex and high value matters concerning clinical negligence. The firm's expertise includes cerebral palsy and other birth injury claims, cases concerning delays in diagnosis and treatment, amputations and fatal claims. The firm also regularly represents families at inquests.